HIPAA Privacy Rule
What Does the HIPAA Privacy Rule Protect? A Real Guide
A physician's office in Texas left a box of patient records next to a dumpster in 2019. Someone took a photo, posted it
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Patient Privacy Rights
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PHI Release Form
PHI Release Form: What Your Practice Gets Wrong
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
HIPAA Authorization
What Is a HIPAA Authorization? A Practical Guide
The Form That Stops Lawsuits — or Starts Them A surgeon's office in Texas faxed a patient's psychiatric records to an employer.
HIPAA Forms
What Is a HIPAA Form? The Real Answer Beyond the Jargon
Last month, a medical office manager in Ohio called me in a panic. She'd just been told by a patient's attorney
Patient Privacy Rights
Patient Privacy Rights: What Your Practice Gets Wrong
A Mother Couldn't Get Her Own Son's Medical Records — Then the Feds Got Involved In 2019, a small medical practice in
HIPAA Authorization
HIPAA Authorization: What Counts, What Doesn't
A psychiatrist's office in Connecticut faxed 65 pages of therapy notes to a patient's employer. The patient had signed a form
HIPAA Privacy Rule
HIPAA Gives Privacy Protection For: Who Is Actually Covered
In 2023, OCR settled with a dental practice in New England for $50,000 after a patient filed a complaint that the practice had disclosed
Patient Privacy Rights
Patient Privacy Rights: What Covered Entities Owe
In September 2023, OCR settled with a health plan for $40,000 after the organization failed to provide a patient with timely access to their