HIPAA Horror Stories

True and Terrifying Tales of Breaches, Disclosures and Penalties

August 1, 2019

An Ohio respiratory therapist commits an extreme HIPAA Violation and get sentenced with jail, fine and two years of probation.

July 23, 2019

A Florida hospitalist group ignores HIPAA business associate rules and gets defrauded, breached and fined.

July 17, 2019

A nurse realizes she knows her patient’s girlfriend and shares sexually transmitted disease diagnosis, launching long-lasting privacy breach case.

July 10, 2019

Nursing home staff allegedly bully and abuse a patient while live-streaming the incident on Facebook.

July 4, 2019

An Indiana physician comes home to find thousands of patient records on his driveway.

June 26, 2019

An Indiana medical records contractor is fined $100,000 after weak passwords allow hackers to access millions of private patient records.