PHI Found in the Trash at Mount Sinai Senior Health Center, NYC
PHI found: Mount Sinai, a hospital system with branches throughout New York City and Long Island had a potential HIPAA breach earlier this month after patient records [...]
Ransomware and HIPAA Guidance: New Threats to Hospitals and Doctors
Ransomware and HIPAA: Over three months in 2016 five separate hospitals in the US and Canada were hit by a series of targeted ransomware attacks. The most serious of these [...]
Research Institute Fined $3.9 Million for HIPAA Violations After Laptop Theft
A New York biomedical research institute will pay $3.9 million to settle potential HIPAA violations, making this one of the largest fines ever levied in the [...]
OCR Settles for $5.5 Million in Business Associate Agreement Violation and PHI Breach
OCR Investigates North Memorial Health System of Minnesota and Feinstein Institute for Medical Research for Missing Laptop, Discovers Rampant Privacy and Security Violations for a combined $5.55 [...]
February 29 Deadline for Reporting HIPAA Breaches 2015: What You Need to Know
The deadline for reporting HIPAA breaches is 60 days from the end of the calendar year for Covered Entities (CEs) that have had breaches in unsecured protected health information [...]
SECO 2015 Infographic
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HIPAA Breach Infographic
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BIG FINE, small breach.
Another large HIPAA fine has been issued by the HHS due to an OCR investigation that took place over the theft of an unencrypted laptop. Massachusetts Eye and Ear was [...]
