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Shen Smiles $140,000 HIPAA Settlement: Defending Your Practice Against Impermissible PHI Disclosures
Shen Smiles Pays $140,000 to Resolve HIPAA Privacy Rule Violations — What Healthcare Defenders Must Learn The U.S. Department of Health and ...
OCR's HIPAA Security Conference at NIST: What Healthcare Defenders Must Do Before the Security Rule Overhaul Lands
Introduction In early September, the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) hosted ...
HHS Releases SRA Tool v3.7: How Healthcare Organizations Should Operationalize the Updated Security Risk Assessment in 2026
What Happened The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and the Office of the Nation...
Azul Vision $50K HIPAA Right of Access Settlement: What Healthcare Providers Must Fix Now
Introduction The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has announced its ninth financial penalty ...
80,300 Healthcare Review Replies Analyzed: How to Stop HIPAA Violations in Online Review Responses
Introduction A new two-stage analysis published by The HIPAA Journal examined 80,300 public online review replies from 4,019 medical and den...
EMTALA Enforcement Alert: What the Merit Health Central and NorthShore Settlements Teach Healthcare Security and Compliance Teams
Introduction The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) has announced settlements with Merit Health C...
CPSC Hospital Data Requests: Defending Against Unintended PHI Disclosures
Introduction The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is actively requesting digital patient data from hospital emergency rooms as...
Medical Device Compliance in 2026: Fortifying the IoMT Attack Surface
Introduction The recent analysis by The HIPAA Journal underscores a critical reality for healthcare security leaders in 2026: medical device...
Navigating AI Adoption in Healthcare: A HIPAA Compliance and Security Blueprint
Navigating AI Adoption in Healthcare: A HIPAA Compliance and Security Blueprint Introduction The healthcare sector is undergoing a seismic s...