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A Psychiatrist Hit "Start Meeting" and Everything Went Wrong A behavioral health provider in the Midwest was using Zoom for patient sessions throughout
A front desk receptionist at a dermatology clinic in Phoenix once told a patient's employer — over the phone — that the patient had been
A receptionist at a busy cardiology practice in Texas forwarded a patient's insurance form to her personal Gmail account. She wasn't
A Question That Gets People Fired Last year, I consulted with a medical billing company whose CEO genuinely believed HIPAA didn't apply to
A receptionist at a dental clinic forwarded a spreadsheet of patient names, Social Security numbers, and insurance IDs to her personal Gmail account so she
A Fax Machine, a $4.75 Million Penalty, and Why HIPAA Still Catches Organizations Off Guard In 2020, a large health system called Premera Blue
A $62,500 Fine Over a Single Patient Record In 2019, a dental practice in Texas found out the hard way that small offices aren&
A $5.1 Million Mistake Started with One Wrong Assumption In 2017, Memorial Healthcare System paid $5.1 million to settle with the Office for
A hospital in Texas paid $2.4 million to HHS after a nurse accessed patient records without authorization — and the investigation revealed the organization had
A $4.3 Million Wake-Up Call That Started with Untrained Staff In 2023, the University of Washington Medicine agreed to a $750,000 settlement with
A hospital in Oklahoma City paid $1.19 million to HHS in 2023 because an employee snooped through patient records without authorization. The organization knew
A $4.75 Million Invoice Nobody Expected In 2022, a cancer care center in Indiana opened an envelope from HHS that changed everything. The Centers
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