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A hospital in New York paid $4.8 million to settle HIPAA violations after a former employee — who had been terminated — still had active access
A hospital employee in South Carolina pulls up her ex-husband's medical record to see if he really went to that appointment he mentioned.
Day One Is Where Most Breaches Start Last year, I worked with a pediatric clinic in Ohio that had been running for eleven years without
Last month, a medical assistant at a mid-size dermatology practice told me she'd been on the job for six weeks before anyone mentioned
Every week, thousands of people type "hiipa meaning" into Google. I know because I watch the search data. Here's what'
A medical billing company in Tennessee exposed the records of 300,000 patients — and the hospital that hired them paid the price. Not because the
The Vendor That Cost a Health Plan $4.3 Million In 2016, Advocate Health Care Network agreed to pay $5.55 million to settle multiple
Last year, a 14-person physical therapy clinic in the Midwest got hit with a corrective action plan after a random OCR audit. The finding? Their
In 2011, a small cardiology practice in Phoenix switched from paper charts to an electronic health record system. Within six months, an unencrypted laptop containing
A few years ago, I got a call from the CEO of a mid-sized billing company. His team had been processing claims for a hospital
The Phone Call That Exposed a $1.7 Million Blind Spot A hospital safety officer called me three years ago, panicking. OSHA had requested employee
A $5.1 Million Penalty That Started with a Simple Question In 2017, Memorial Healthcare System in Florida agreed to pay $5.1 million to
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