2020 was a bad year for healthcare data privacy. In fact, 2020 saw more data breaches than any other year since the OCR began publishing online breach reports. Not only that, but December was the […]
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Between 2005 and 2019, healthcare data breaches affected nearly 250 million people. And when data breaches like this occur, […]
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Imagine you have the best patients and coworkers in the world. But someone leaves a patient file out […]
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You work hard to provide your patients with the best care possible, but it can be difficult to […]
Are you keeping an eye out for HIPAA violations in your company? Is this a concern that you have about the future of your business?
This is a common problem and struggle for people in […]
The term HIPAA has been thrown around quite a bit—especially after the events of the past year. While many may use this term, not all truly understand what it means.
HIPAA stands for the Health […]
No medical office, and even other types of offices, can escape HIPAA.
HIPAA, or The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, protects the information of patients in all 50 states. This applies not […]
HIPAA violations can serve as a cautionary tale.
Public disclosure of a HIPAA violation is unnerving. It can harm the standing of your organization. What’s more—it can prove costly.
Still, a financial penalty can serve as […]
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) received more than 28,000 complaints of possible HIPAA violations in 2019. The resulting investigations lead to more than $15 million in fines.
Nearly all fined entities were guilty of the same handful of common […]
HIPAA violations are real and can end up costing the covered entity millions of dollars. In fact, data breaches continue rising year by year. In 2009, there were only 18 healthcare data breaches of […]
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