Office for Civil Rights HIPAA enforcement actions, investigations, and compliance strategies
A Receptionist, a Waiting Room, and a $1.5 Million Mistake A few years ago, I consulted with a mid-size behavioral health clinic that had
A physician's office in Texas left a box of patient records next to a dumpster in 2019. Someone took a photo, posted it
A $16 Million Wake-Up Call That Traces Back to 1996 In 2018, Anthem Inc. wrote a check to the U.S. Department of Health and
A Nurse, a Hallway, and a $4.75 Million Settlement In 2021, a major health system paid $4.75 million to settle allegations from the
A Single Misunderstood Term Cost This Health Plan $6.85 Million In 2018, Premera Blue Cross agreed to pay $6.85 million to settle HIPAA
In 2018, a small dermatology practice in Massachusetts called Adult & Pediatric Dermatology, P.C. paid $150,000 to settle a HIPAA case. The trigger?
A small dental practice in Georgia gets hit with a $70,000 penalty because a front-desk employee left a box of patient files on a
A Missing Checkbox Cost This Hospital $387,000 In 2019, Bayfront Health St. Petersburg agreed to a $85,000 corrective action settlement with OCR after
In 2018, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center lost a $4.3 million appeal after OCR found that the organization had policies on
A Stolen Laptop, a Missing Exception, and a $3 Million Problem In 2018, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center lost an unencrypted laptop
A few years ago, I got a call from the office manager of a chiropractic clinic in Texas. She was panicking. They'd just
A receptionist at a small orthopedic clinic in Arizona clicked "Reply All" to an email containing 836 patient records. The breach triggered an
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