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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
In 2018, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center lost a $4.3 million appeal after OCR found that the organization had policies on
A few years ago, I got a call from the office manager of a chiropractic clinic in Texas. She was panicking. They'd just
A receptionist at a small orthopedic clinic in Arizona clicked "Reply All" to an email containing 836 patient records. The breach triggered an
A home health agency in Texas got hit with two separate federal investigations in the same quarter — one from OSHA for failing to maintain a
A $4.75 Million Fine That Started With One Missing Document In 2023, OCR settled with Lafourche Medical Group for $480,000 after a phishing
Most People Only Know Two of the Five Parts of HIPAA I was running a compliance workshop for a mid-size hospital system last year when
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