October healthcare breaches, listed on the Office for Civil Rights’ (OCR) “wall of shame” affected 623,888 patients. Only healthcare breaches affecting more than 500 individuals are listed on the [...]
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (TX HHSC) is a Texas government state agency. Its charge is to improve the health, safety and well-being of [...]
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued a press release on November 5, 2019 discussing a $3 million HIPAA settlement reached with the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC). [...]
A ransomware attack beginning in September has left Betty Jean Kerr People’s Health Centers scrambling. The health center declined to pay the ransom, as such they [...]
The HIPAA Security Rule contains administrative safeguards in the form of security standards. One of these standards requires covered entities and business associates to implement a [...]
The University of Alabama (UAB) Medicine is the latest victim of a healthcare phishing attack, affecting 19,500 patients. A phishing attack occurs when a hacker disguises [...]
The HIPAA Breach Notification Rule requires HIPAA covered entities and their business associates to provide notification following a breach of unsecured protected health information (PHI). 6 tips to protect [...]
An email breach at Magellan National Imaging Associates claims another covered entity victim, Geisinger Health Plan. Magellan, hired by the health plan to manage their radiology [...]
Shore Speciality Consultants Pulmonology Group notified 9,700 patients in breach notification letters that their protected health information (PHI) may have been compromised. On July 8, 2019 the Group discovered [...]
The headline speaks for itself. On October 15, 2019, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) imposed a $2.15 civil monetary [...]
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