HIPAA Medical Privacy
HIPAA Medical Privacy: What Covered Entities Get Wrong
A Nurse, a Hallway, and a $4.75 Million Settlement In 2021, a major health system paid $4.75 million to settle allegations from the
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Workforce Training
Healthcare workforce HIPAA training strategies and solutions
PHI
What Does PHI Mean in Healthcare? A Real-World Guide
A Receptionist, a Fax Machine, and a $1.5 Million Fine A few years ago, I consulted with a specialty clinic where a front-desk employee
HIPAA Training
HIPPA Compliance Training for Employees: A Guide
A receptionist at a small orthopedic clinic in Arizona clicked "Reply All" to an email containing 836 patient records. The breach triggered an
OSHA Compliance
What Is OSHA Compliant and How Does It Relate to HIPAA?
A home health agency in Texas got hit with two separate federal investigations in the same quarter — one from OSHA for failing to maintain a
HIPAA and OSHA Training
HIPAA and OSHA Training: What Your Practice Needs
A dental office in Georgia got hit with two enforcement actions in the same quarter — one from OSHA for bloodborne pathogen violations, one from OCR
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
HIPPA Compliance Certification
HIPPA Compliance Certification: What You Actually Need
The Typo That 14,000 People Search for Every Month Let's get the elephant out of the room. You searched for HIPPA compliance
HIPAA Compliance Certificate
HIPAA Compliance Certificate: What It Really Means
Last year, I watched a small behavioral health clinic in Ohio hand OCR investigators a framed HIPAA compliance certificate during an audit — as if it
HIPAA Refresher Training
HIPAA Refresher Training: Why Annual Reviews Save Millions
A hospital in New York paid $4.8 million to settle HIPAA violations after a former employee — who had been terminated — still had active access
How to Protect PHI
How to Protect PHI: A Field Guide from the Frontlines
A Stolen Laptop, a $3 Million Fine, and a Lesson in How NOT to Protect PHI In 2016, the University of Mississippi Medical Center paid
HIPAA Rules and Regulations
HIPAA Rules and Regulations: What Actually Matters
A hospital employee in South Carolina pulls up her ex-husband's medical record to see if he really went to that appointment he mentioned.
HIPAA Training
HIPAA Training for New Employees: What to Cover First
Day One Is Where Most Breaches Start Last year, I worked with a pediatric clinic in Ohio that had been running for eleven years without