Office for Civil Rights HIPAA enforcement actions, investigations, and compliance strategies
A mid-size hospital system in the Midwest allowed its entire billing department unrestricted access to complete patient medical records — including clinical notes, mental health histories,
In 2023, OCR reported that hacking and IT incidents accounted for 79% of all large healthcare data breaches — a staggering figure that would have been
In 2022, OCR settled with a dental practice in New England for $50,000 — not because of a data breach, but because the practice failed
In 2022, OCR settled with a dental practice in North Carolina for $50,000 — not because of a data breach, but because the practice failed
In 2022, OCR settled with a dental practice in Georgia for $62,500 — not because of a data breach, but because the practice failed to
In 2023, OCR settled with a Florida-based dental practice for $30,000 after an investigation revealed the organization had never implemented formal workforce training — despite
When an OSHA inspector walks into your clinic requesting access to employee medical records, exposure logs, and workplace injury documentation, your compliance team faces a
In 2023, a dental practice in the Southeast received citations from both OSHA and OCR within the same six-month window. The OSHA inspection uncovered improperly
When a healthcare clinic in the Midwest received citations from both OSHA and OCR within the same quarter, leadership realized something that too many organizations
In 2023, OCR settled with a dental practice for $350,000 after an investigation revealed the organization had disclosed patient health information PHI to a
In 2023, a mid-sized hospital system paid $1.3 million to settle with OCR after a researcher published a dataset they believed was "anonymized&
In October 2023, OCR settled with a Louisiana medical group for $480,000 after a phishing attack exposed the protected health information of over 34,
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