A collection of 353 posts
The Inspection That Hits You Twice A dental office in Georgia got hit with an OSHA citation for improper sharps disposal in 2023. During the
A dermatology practice in Massachusetts thought they were HIPAA compliant. They had a privacy policy on their website, a shredder in the back office, and
Most People Get the Spelling Wrong — and the Law Even More Wrong I once watched a hospital administrator type "HIPPA" into a compliance
You typed "meaning of HIPPA" into Google. I know because thousands of people do it every single week. Here's the thing
A California Clinic Lost $240,000 Because One Employee Clicked 'Reply All' I got the call on a Tuesday morning. A small cardiology
A Single Stolen Laptop Started It All In 2013, Advocate Medical Group in Illinois lost four million patient records because of unencrypted laptops. The settlement?
A $4.3 Million Penalty — Because They Didn't Think They Were a CE In 2014, New York Presbyterian Hospital and Columbia University collectively
That Downloaded Template Didn't Save the Practice — It Sank It A pediatric clinic in the Southeast downloaded a set of HIPAA policy templates
A pediatric dental office in Indianapolis left a box of patient charts on the curb for recycling. A passerby took a photo, posted it to
You Searched for "HIPA Regulation" — Let's Fix That First I see it every single week. Someone types "hipa regulation"
A Law That Turned HIPAA From Paper Tiger to Predator In 2009, a hospital in Texas left 35,000 patient records exposed on a publicly
A Missing Signature That Cost $4.3 Million In 2016, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services settled with Advocate Health Care for
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