HIPAA Rules
What Are the 3 Rules of HIPAA? A Plain-English Guide
A small dermatology practice in Connecticut thought they had HIPAA covered. They had a privacy notice on their website and a shredder in the back
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HIPAA Training Requirements
HIPAA Training Requirements for Employers in 2026
The Penalty That Started With an Untrained Receptionist In 2018, Cottage Health paid $3 million to settle with HHS after a breach exposed over 62,
HIPAA Privacy and Security Training
HIPAA Privacy and Security Training: What Actually Works
A radiology technician at a hospital in New York forwarded a patient's imaging report to her personal Gmail account so she could "
Business Associates
What Are Business Associates Under HIPAA?
A cloud storage vendor loses a laptop containing 20,000 patient records. The hospital that hired them gets the breach notification letter. The vendor insists
HIPAA Basics
HIPAA Is the Acronym Used For: What It Really Means
I once watched a hospital administrator spell it "HIPPA" on a slide deck in front of 200 employees. Nobody corrected her. That moment
HIPAA Certification
HIPAA Certification Online: What You Actually Get
Last year, a practice manager in Ohio told me she'd had her entire staff complete an online HIPAA certification she found through a
HIPAA for Dental Offices
HIPAA for Dental Offices: What Most Practices Get Wrong
A front desk coordinator at a three-dentist practice in North Carolina handed a patient the wrong checkout summary. Attached to it was another patient'
HIPAA Violation Lawyer
HIPAA Violation Lawyer: When Your Organization Needs One
Last year, I watched a three-physician practice in the Midwest spend eleven months fighting an OCR investigation — without a lawyer for the first four. By
HIPAA Training
HIPPA Class? The HIPAA Training You Actually Need
Every week, thousands of people type "hippa class" into Google. I know because I've watched the search data for years. Here&
HIPAA Risk Assessment Services
HIPAA Risk Assessment Services: What Actually Works
A dermatology practice in New England paid a vendor $4,000 for a "comprehensive HIPAA risk assessment." What they got back was a
Healthcare Kickbacks
What Are Kickbacks in Healthcare? A HIPAA Guide
The Referral Fee That Cost a Hospital System $260 Million In 2023, a Tennessee-based hospital operator agreed to pay $260 million to resolve allegations that
HIPAA and Privacy Act Training
HIPAA and Privacy Act Training: What You Must Know
A hospital in Texas fired a records clerk in 2023 after she accessed the medical files of 14 patients she had no clinical reason to