HIPAA Privacy Rule requirements and guidance
In 2023, OCR settled with a dental practice for $350,000 after an investigation revealed that not a single member of their workforce could correctly
In February 2024, OCR settled with a New England dermatology practice for $300,000 after an investigation revealed that workforce members had never completed documented
In 2023, OCR settled with a dental practice in New England for $350,000 after investigators discovered the organization had no written policies governing the
In 2023, OCR settled with a Florida-based health system for $1.2 million after investigators found that the organization lacked a qualified individual overseeing its
In 2023, a dental practice in New England paid $50,000 to settle an OCR investigation after a workforce member posted a patient's
In March 2024, OCR settled with a healthcare provider for $950,000 after an investigation revealed the organization had failed to conduct a risk analysis
In 2023, OCR settled with a dental practice in New England for $50,000 — not because they lacked policies, but because the policies they had
In 2022, a specialty clinic in the Midwest faced an OCR complaint after a staff member left a detailed voicemail on a patient's
In 2023, a hospital system in the Midwest terminated a compliance analyst who reported suspected HIPAA violations to the Office for Civil Rights. The organization
A police officer walks into your emergency department, badge in hand, requesting medical records for a patient involved in a shooting. Your front desk staff
Every year, thousands of people search for hippa policies — a common misspelling of HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. Whether you arrived here
In 2023, OCR settled with a dental practice for $50,000 after investigators discovered the organization had failed to provide patients with an adequate notice
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