PHI
What Is Considered PHI Under HIPAA? A Field Guide
A hospital receptionist emails a patient's lab results to the wrong address. A dental office posts a before-and-after photo on Instagram — with the
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HIPAA Exceptions
Under Which HIPAA Exception Do Drivers Access PHI?
A FedEx driver picks up a sealed box of patient records from a hospital's loading dock every Tuesday at 3 p.m. A
PHI
What PHI Is Under HIPAA — And What It Isn't
A Receptionist, a Printer, and a $1.5 Million Penalty In 2018, a medical center employee left a stack of patient lab results sitting on
PHI Breach Reporting
When Must PHI-Related Breaches Be Reported? Deadlines
A Hospital Waited 101 Days. It Cost Them $4.8 Million. In 2019, Presence Health agreed to a $475,000 settlement with the Office for
PHI
What Is PHI in Medical Terms? A Plain-English Guide
A hospital receptionist in Texas once emailed a spreadsheet of 800 patient names, birth dates, and insurance IDs to the wrong clinic. Within 72 hours,
PHI
Is Phone Number PHI? What HIPAA Actually Says
A Single Phone Number Cost This Health Plan $6.85 Million In 2018, Premera Blue Cross agreed to pay $6.85 million to the Office
PHI Examples
PHI Examples HIPAA: 18 Identifiers You Must Protect
A Faxed Lab Report Sent to the Wrong Number Started It All A nurse at a mid-size clinic in Minnesota faxed a patient's
Minimum Necessary Standard
What Does It Mean to Follow the Minimum Necessary Standard?
A scheduling coordinator at a mid-size orthopedic practice pulled a patient's full medical record — psychiatric notes, HIV status, substance abuse history — just to
HIPAA Acronym
HIPAA Acronym: What Each Letter Actually Means
Most People Spell It Wrong — And That's Just the Start I once sat in a boardroom where a hospital CEO had "HIPPA
HIPAA Authorization
HIPAA Authorization: What Counts, What Doesn't
A psychiatrist's office in Connecticut faxed 65 pages of therapy notes to a patient's employer. The patient had signed a form
HIPAA Training
HIPAA for Healthcare Workers Overview Post Test Guide
A hospital system in the Midwest recently terminated three employees after a post-training assessment revealed they could not correctly identify what constitutes protected health information
HIPAA General Release Form
HIPAA General Release Form: What Your Organization Must Know
In 2023, a mid-size hospital system in the Southeast received a corrective action mandate from OCR after routinely using an outdated, overly broad release form