Back in August, Mayo Clinic announced that one of their former employees inappropriately accessed the medical records of 1,600 patients. This insider breach led several affected patients to file [...]
So far in November, the HHS OCR has posted four healthcare breaches on their breach portal, three of which were reported on the same day. These three healthcare PHI [...]
The Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) publicly displays breaches affecting 500 or more patients on their breach portal. In October, there were [...]
Timberline Billing Service, LLC., a business associate that provides Medicaid reimbursement and billing services to 190 school districts in Iowa, suffered a breach affecting 116,131 patients. More details on [...]
HIPAA right of access fines seem to be growing on trees these days. The Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has announced its [...]
Hackers demand ransom from patients after a hacked Finnish healthcare provider declined to pay the ransom for the return of patient files. More details are discussed. What Caused Hackers [...]
The Wakefern Food Corp., and two of its ShopRite supermarkets, have reached an Attorney General HIPAA settlement with the state of New Jersey and the New Jersey Division of [...]
MailChimp is a software provider that enables users to send out automated email marketing campaigns. However, as a healthcare organization you must consider the HIPAA compliance of software before [...]
Another healthcare provider has reportedly left patient records available for anyone to find, which is exactly what happened. Gary Fiorino was exploring an abandoned historical landmark in St. Louis [...]
The FBI, along with the HHS and another government agency, have issued a warning to healthcare organizations stating that they have, "credible information of an increased and imminent cybercrime [...]
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