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The Question That Catches Most Compliance Officers Off Guard A hospital system I worked with had 14,000 employees. Their HIPAA training program covered about
A $4.3 Million Fine That Started with Untrained Staff In 2015, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center lost three unencrypted devices containing
Most People Only Know Half the Story Ask ten healthcare workers what HIPAA is about, and nine of them will say "patient privacy."
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
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