Leap Year Law and the HIPAA Breach Notification Deadline
Is there such a thing as a leap year law? Once every four years (e.g., 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012), there is a February 29th. Years with [...]
Exposure of PHI at Drug and Alcohol Addiction Rehabilitation Center
Sunshine Behavioral Health, LLC, is a network of drug and alcohol addiction rehabilitation centers based in San Juan Capistrano, California. According to Dissent of the website [...]
300,000 Patients Affected by December Healthcare Breaches
The Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) reported 34 December healthcare breaches, affecting 313,249 patients. Of the reported incidents, there were 18 breaches [...]
Banner Health Settles Data Breach Lawsuit
Banner Health is a non-profit healthcare organization based in Phoenix, Arizona. It operates a total of 34 hospitals and specialized facilities across six states. Banner employs [...]
West Georgia Ambulance Pays $65K fine for HIPAA Violations
The Office for Civil Rights of the Department of Health and Human Services has saved an announcement of HIPAA penalties for literally the day before the [...]
The OCR HIPAA Violation Complaint Portal and Portal Assistant
The United States Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) provides an online HIPAA Violation Complaint Portal Assistant that allows individuals who [...]
Hospital Data Breaches and Patient Deaths
Researchers for the journal Health Services Research recently conducted a study to determine whether there is a relationship between hospital data breaches and patient deaths. Of particular interest was [...]
What is the Ryuk Ransomware Decryptor Bug?
In 2019 alone, at least 3 managed service providers (MSPs) have been attacked by Ryuk ransomware. A Russian-based eCrime group that calls itself “WIZARD SPIDER” has [...]
November Healthcare Breaches Affected More Than 400,000 Patients
Healthcare breaches reported to the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) in November affected 443,344 patients. There were a total of 26 November [...]
HIPAA Business Email Compromise
A cyberthreat known as business email compromise has caused businesses, religious institutions, educational institutions, non-profits, and other companies, to lose billions of dollars since the FBI first began tracking [...]
