Matthew Fisher

Breach Report Begets Settlement

By Matt Fisher – Whenever an entity subject to HIPAA experiences a data breach, notification must be given to the Office for Civil Rights. Once OCR receives notification of a breach, an investigation will typically follow. That combination is a sure way for broader issues to be uncovered. That is the scenario that played out in the most recent settlement announced by OCR.

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Always Listening, Always Leaking?

By Matt Fisher – Ambient listening technology is growing in many areas and being incorporated into a lot of different applications. What does the ambient listening do? It automatically picks up conversations and other sounds around it to be processed for one purpose or another.



HIPAA Enforcement Marches On (?)

By Matt Fisher – The Office for Civil Rights announced another cyber incident driven HIPAA civil monetary penalty on February 20, 2025. The settlement broke a one month lull in HIPAA enforcement announcements, though looking at the dates in the documents (all go back to the last quarter or so of 2024), it may not necessarily be an indication that enforcement of HIPAA remains an ongoing immediate priority.


AI: The Prescriber

By Matt Fisher – Artificial intelligence has been the subject of no shortage of hype about its capabilities. As AI has evolved in the past few years it has often been touted as the force that will finally drive major changes in healthcare.



Not 1, Not 2, but 6 Settlements

By Matt Fisher – Prior to the changeover of the administration, the HHS Office for Civil Rights went on a bit of a HIPAA settlement bender. The fast pace of announced settlements felt a bit like a clearing of the decks. The various settlements continued recent trends around the issues being selected by OCR for settlement along with the still random amount of settlements.