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In 2023, OCR settled with Doctors' Management Services for $100,000 after a ransomware attack exposed the protected health information of over 206,000
In 2023, a dental practice in Texas paid a $50,000 settlement to OCR after a staff member texted a patient's treatment details
In February 2024, OCR settled with a large health system for $480,000 after investigators found that the organization had failed to provide adequate HIPAA
In 2023, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) reported over $3.6 billion in expected recoveries from healthcare fraud
A behavioral health clinic in Connecticut received a $125,000 penalty from OCR after disclosing a spreadsheet of patient data that staff believed was "
In 2023, OSHA cited a mid-sized dental practice in Ohio for failing to retrain clinical staff on bloodborne pathogens after a needlestick incident exposed three
In 2023, OCR settled with a dental practice for $350,000 after an investigation revealed the organization was routinely using deficient authorization forms that failed
Why a Single Patient Identifier Triggers Full HIPAA Protection In 2023, OCR settled with a New England dermatology practice for $300,640 after an investigation
In 2023, the Department of Justice recovered over $2.68 billion in healthcare fraud settlements and judgments — a significant portion tied to Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS)
In December 2023, OCR settled with a healthcare system for $480,000 after an investigation revealed workforce members had been emailing unencrypted patient information to
In 2023, OCR settled a case with a dental management company — not a dentist, not a hospital, but an administrative services firm — for $350,000
A nurse finishes a difficult shift and, over dinner with friends, recounts a dramatic case from the ER — the injuries, the treatment, the patient'
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