PHI Data
PHI Data: What Counts, What Doesn't, and What Gets You Fined
A Spreadsheet That Cost $6.85 Million In 2018, Premera Blue Cross agreed to pay $6.85 million to the Office for Civil Rights after
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HIPAA Basics
HIPAA Protects a Category of Information Called PHI
A therapist in a small group practice mentioned a patient's diagnosis during a casual hallway conversation with the front desk staff. No chart
HIPAA Authorization
Authorization of Release of Health Information Guide
A Missing Signature Cost One Hospital $865,000 In 2019, a patient filed a complaint with the Office for Civil Rights after a hospital released
Protected Health Information
Protected Health Information Under HIPAA: What Counts
A Receptionist's Casual Comment Cost a Hospital $4.3 Million In 2019, the University of Rochester Medical Center agreed to pay $3 million
PHI PII Data
PHI PII Data: What Healthcare Workers Must Know
A hospital billing clerk copies a spreadsheet of patient names, Social Security numbers, and diagnosis codes onto a USB drive to finish work at home.
HIPAA Compliance
What Information Can Be Shared Without Violating HIPAA
Not Everything Is a Violation — But Most People Don't Know Where the Line Is A nurse at a mid-size hospital once told me
PHI
HIPAA: What Is PHI and Why It Costs Millions
A nurse at a small dermatology practice in Connecticut posted a selfie on Instagram. In the background, a patient's intake form sat on
HIPAA Privacy Rule
Which Is Not Considered an Identifier Under the Privacy Rule
A Lab Director's $100,000 Mistake Over a Spreadsheet Column A lab director at a mid-size hospital once told me she'd
HIPAA Patient Rights
Can a Doctor Access My Records Without Consent?
A woman in California walked into her new dermatologist's office and discovered something unsettling. Her previous provider — a physician she'd left
PHI and HIPAA
PHI and HIPAA: What Every Healthcare Worker Must Know
A Single Misrouted Fax Cost This Clinic $125,000 A small physician practice in Tennessee faxed a patient's lab results to a local
HIPAA Privacy Violation
HIPAA Privacy Violation: What It Costs and How It Happens
A nurse in a small-town hospital pulls up her neighbor's medical chart to see if the rumors are true — her neighbor is pregnant.
PHI
What Can PHI Consist Of? A Practical Breakdown
The Spreadsheet That Cost a Hospital $4.3 Million In 2019, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center lost a final appeal and faced