HIPAA Privacy Rule requirements and guidance
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
Every week, someone contacts me asking for a "hippa waiver form" — and every week, I have to deliver the same corrective message. There
In 2023, OCR settled with a dental practice for $50,000 after investigators discovered the organization had been using an outdated authorization form that failed
In 2023, OCR settled with a dental practice in New England for $23,000 after an investigation revealed, among other violations, that the practice had
In 2023, OCR settled with a dental practice in New England for $350,000 after an investigation revealed that staff members had been sharing patient
In December 2023, HHS published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that would represent the most significant overhaul of the HIPAA Security Rule since its
In 2023, OCR settled with a New England dermatology practice for $300,640 after an unencrypted thumb drive containing the protected health information of over
In 2023, a specialty medical practice in the Southeast received an OCR corrective action after routinely disclosing patient records to a life insurance company without
In 2023, a specialty clinic in the Southeast agreed to a six-figure settlement with OCR after routinely disclosing patient records to a marketing firm — without
In 2023, a nurse at a mid-sized hospital noticed a coworker accessing patient records for a family member — a clear Privacy Rule violation under 45
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