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In June 2023, OCR settled with a dental practice for $350,000 after an investigation revealed unencrypted patient records stored on a network server with
In 2023, OCR settled with a dental practice for $350,000 after an investigation revealed the organization had no documentation of its risk analysis, policies,
In February 2023, OCR settled with a health system for $1.25 million after investigators found a fundamental gap: the organization had never conducted a
In February 2024, OCR announced a $4.75 million settlement with a hospital system that had failed to conduct an enterprise-wide risk analysis for over
In January 2024, OCR settled with a healthcare system for $4.75 million after investigators found the organization had failed to conduct an enterprise-wide risk
In 2023, OCR settled with a Louisiana medical group for $480,000 after a HIPAA security incident involving a stolen unencrypted laptop — an incident the
In 2023, OCR settled with a healthcare system for $1.3 million after investigators found the organization had no process for identifying or responding to
In 2023, a dental practice in Texas paid a $50,000 settlement after a staff member texted a patient's diagnosis and insurance details
In December 2022, OCR settled with a dental practice for $23,000 after an employee responded to a negative online review by disclosing a patient&
In 2022, a Texas dental practice paid a $10,000 settlement after a staff member responded to a negative online review by disclosing the patient&
When OCR investigates a covered entity and discovers years of noncompliance, one of the most common — and least persuasive — defenses is confusion about when HIPAA
In January 2025, HHS confirmed that the temporary telehealth enforcement discretion introduced during the COVID-19 public health emergency has ended. That means every healthcare organization
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