HIPAA Risk Analysis Failures Are Costing Organizations Millions in 2026
If your organization hasn’t completed a thorough HIPAA risk analysis recently, the Office for Civil Rights wants to hear from you — and not in a good way. OCR has now settled or imposed civil monetary penalties in more than 50 cases under its risk analysis enforcement initiative, with fines ranging from $25,000 to $3…
Read More8 Arrested in Southern California Hospice Fraud Takedown — $50 Million in Losses Highlight the Real Cost of Healthcare Non-Compliance
Eight defendants — including nurses, a chiropractor, and a psychologist — were arrested in Southern California for a $50 million Medicare hospice fraud scheme. Here’s what it means for legitimate healthcare organizations and the compliance infrastructure they need.
Read MoreRTO vs. RPO: The Two Numbers Every Business Needs to Know Before Disaster Strikes
When disaster hits — a ransomware attack, a failed server, a data center outage — most organizations find out in real time how well they actually planned for recovery. The gap between “we have backups” and “we can recover quickly” is often measured in RTO and RPO, two terms that appear in every disaster recovery…
Read MoreWhat Your Business Associate Agreement Doesn’t Cover — And Should
If your organization handles protected health information and uses cloud storage, a signed Business Associate Agreement is a legal requirement — not a differentiator. What determines whether your PHI is actually protected is everything that comes after the signature. Many covered entities treat the BAA as the end of their due diligence on a cloud…
Read MoreWhy ‘Anyone With the Link’ Is No Longer Good Enough: A Case for Zero-Trust File Sharing
Somewhere along the way, “share a link” became the default answer to file collaboration. It’s fast, it’s frictionless, and it works across every platform and device. It’s also one of the most persistent security liabilities in modern business operations. The problem isn’t file sharing itself. Sharing files securely is entirely achievable. The problem is the…
Read MoreBeyond 3-2-1: Why Modern Disaster Recovery Demands a Smarter Backup Strategy
The 3-2-1 backup rule has been the gold standard in data protection for decades: keep three copies of your data, on two different types of media, with one copy stored offsite. It’s a solid foundation — but for most businesses in 2025, it’s no longer enough on its own. Ransomware has rewritten the threat landscape.…
Read MoreIs Your Cloud Storage Actually HIPAA Compliant? 5 Things Healthcare Organizations Get Wrong
When a healthcare organization says their cloud storage is “HIPAA compliant,” what does that actually mean? The phrase gets thrown around constantly in vendor marketing, but HIPAA compliance isn’t a certification you earn once and carry forever. It’s an ongoing operational and contractual commitment — and a surprising number of covered entities and their business…
Read MoreMMG Fusion Breach Affecting 15 Million Patients Results in HIPAA Settlement
HHS Office for Civil Rights announced a settlement with MMG Fusion, LLC, a Maryland-based dental software company, following a data breach that affected approximately 15 million individuals — one of the largest breaches in HIPAA enforcement history. MMG Fusion agreed to pay $10,000 and implement a corrective action plan to resolve potential violations of the…
Read MoreConcentra Inc. Pays $112,500 to Settle HIPAA Right of Access Violations
HHS Office for Civil Rights announced a $112,500 settlement with Concentra, Inc., a national occupational health services company, to resolve potential violations of the HIPAA Right of Access Rule. OCR’s Right of Access Initiative, launched in 2019, continues to hold covered entities accountable for failing to provide patients timely and affordable access to their own…
Read MoreSolara Medical Supplies Pays $3 Million to Settle HIPAA Security Rule Violations
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced a $3 million settlement with Solara Medical Supplies, a California-based supplier of insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitors, resolving potential violations of the HIPAA Security Rule and Breach Notification Rule. The case stemmed from a 2019 phishing attack that compromised…
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