HIPAA Certification
HIPAA Certification Online: What You Actually Get
Last year, a practice manager in Ohio told me she'd had her entire staff complete an online HIPAA certification she found through a
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HIPAA for Dental Offices
HIPAA for Dental Offices: What Most Practices Get Wrong
A front desk coordinator at a three-dentist practice in North Carolina handed a patient the wrong checkout summary. Attached to it was another patient'
HIPAA Violation Lawyer
HIPAA Violation Lawyer: When Your Organization Needs One
Last year, I watched a three-physician practice in the Midwest spend eleven months fighting an OCR investigation — without a lawyer for the first four. By
HIPAA Training
HIPPA Class? The HIPAA Training You Actually Need
Every week, thousands of people type "hippa class" into Google. I know because I've watched the search data for years. Here&
HIPAA Risk Assessment Services
HIPAA Risk Assessment Services: What Actually Works
A dermatology practice in New England paid a vendor $4,000 for a "comprehensive HIPAA risk assessment." What they got back was a
Healthcare Kickbacks
What Are Kickbacks in Healthcare? A HIPAA Guide
The Referral Fee That Cost a Hospital System $260 Million In 2023, a Tennessee-based hospital operator agreed to pay $260 million to resolve allegations that
HIPAA and Privacy Act Training
HIPAA and Privacy Act Training: What You Must Know
A hospital in Texas fired a records clerk in 2023 after she accessed the medical files of 14 patients she had no clinical reason to
HIPAA Administrative Safeguards
How Many Administrative Areas Apply to HIPAA Regulations?
A single missing risk assessment cost Premera Blue Cross $6.85 million in 2020. Not a breach of millions of records — though that happened too.
HIPAA Certified
HIPAA Certified: What It Really Means in 2026
Last month, a clinic administrator told me she'd hired a new medical assistant who was "HIPAA certified." She said it with
Fraud Waste and Abuse
Fraud Waste and Abuse in Healthcare: A HIPAA Guide
A $4.7 Billion Problem Hiding in Your Organization's Blind Spots In 2023, the Department of Justice recovered over $2.68 billion in
HIPAA Online Training
HIPAA Online Training: What Actually Works in 2026
A receptionist at a New York medical practice forwarded a patient's lab results to her personal Gmail account so she could "finish
HIPAA Exempt
HIPAA Exempt: Who Actually Qualifies and Who Doesn't
A gym owner in Texas once told me, straight-faced, that his business was HIPAA exempt because he wasn't a doctor. He collected health