A collection of 45 posts
In February 2024, OCR settled with a New York medical practice for $100,000 after the organization failed to provide a timely written response to
In January 2024, OCR settled with a dental practice in New England for $50,000 after investigators discovered the organization had been using a HIPAA
In 2019, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) launched its HIPAA Right of Access Initiative — and since then, it has settled or imposed penalties in
Every week, at least one office manager or practice administrator contacts me asking where to find a HIPPA form for patients. The first thing I
Every week, someone contacts me asking for a "hippa waiver form" — and every week, I have to deliver the same corrective message. There
In 2024, OCR settled with a New England dermatology practice for $300,640 after an investigation revealed the organization had no policies implementing the Privacy
In 2023, a specialty medical practice in the Southeast received an OCR corrective action after routinely disclosing patient records to a life insurance company without
In 2023, a specialty clinic in the Southeast agreed to a six-figure settlement with OCR after routinely disclosing patient records to a marketing firm — without
In 2023, OCR settled with a dental practice for $350,000 after it disclosed a patient's protected health information to a media outlet
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