$2.175 Million HIPAA Fine Issued for Improper Breach Notification
In its’ most recent HIPAA settlement, the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued a $2.175 million HIPAA fine to [...]
October Healthcare Breaches Affected Nearly 624,000 Patients
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 [...]
Texas Health and Human Services Commission Fined $1.6 Million by OCR
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 [...]
$3 Million HIPAA Settlement Reached for Lack of Device Encryption
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). [...]
$2.15 Million Civil Monetary Penalty Issued Against Jackson Health
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 [...]
Beazley Breach Insights Report Notes Increased OCR Enforcement Activity
An August, 2019 report from the Beazley Group, a well-known Lloyd’s of London Risk Underwriter Participant, should put to rest the belief that Office for Civil [...]
Phishing Attack on NCH Healthcare Leaves 73 Email Accounts Compromised
Florida-based NCH Healthcare System recently fell victim to an email phishing attack, which allowed an unauthorized individual to gain access to certain NCH employee email accounts. NCH has [...]
Phishing Attacks at Magellan Health Subsidiaries
Magellan Health is a managed care provider based in Arizona. Recently, Magellan Health discovered that two of its subsidiaries suffered phishing attacks. The phishing attacks have [...]
OCR Reaches First Settlement Ever Under Right of Access Initiative
Earlier this year, the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced an initiative. Under the initiative, OCR stated that a [...]
Double Trouble: Indiana Engineering Company Hit with Federal AND Multistate Data Breach Fines
Medical Informatics Engineering, Inc. (MIE) is an Indiana-based company that develops and offers solutions enabling the exchange of electronic protected health information (ePHI). In May of [...]
