A collection of 355 posts
A nurse in Tennessee pulls up her ex-husband's medical records after a custody dispute. A front desk worker in Colorado texts a photo
A $4.75 Million Mistake That Started With One Misunderstood Rule In 2022, Memorial Hermann Health System paid a $2.4 million settlement to HHS
A Law Born From Insurance Horror Stories In 1995, a single mother in Texas lost her health insurance after switching jobs — not because she couldn&
A 340-bed hospital in Idaho downloaded a set of HIPAA sample policies from the internet in 2019, dropped their logo on each page, and filed
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
Most People Only Know Half the Story Ask ten healthcare workers what HIPAA is about, and nine of them will say "patient privacy."
A hospital employee in South Carolina pulled up her ex-husband's medical records out of curiosity. No malicious intent. No financial motive. Just a
A Single Text Cost This Health System $3 Million In 2018, the University of Rochester Medical Center agreed to a $3 million settlement with OCR
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 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
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