Business Associate HIPAA Violation, 20,000 Records Breached
Business associates are continually finding themselves in a state of turmoil when it comes to security and HIPAA compliance. Recently, Stanford University Hospital in Palo Alto, [...]
Georgia Eye Care Email Data Breach Impacts 24,000 Patients
This recent email data breach affecting a Georgia-based eye care group is yet another indicator that threats to data security are becoming more commonplace for healthcare [...]
Enforcement on the Rise: 2018 HIPAA Fines Reach an All-Time High
2018 proved to be the strictest year for HIPAA fines in the history of enforcement, marking a new age of heightened risk for healthcare providers and [...]
California HIPAA Fine Concludes All-Time Record Year for HIPAA Enforcement
HIPAA enforcement activity reached an all-time record in 2018, according to The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). In 2018, [...]
Indiana Healthcare Group Hit by Third-Party Data Breach
The protected health information (PHI) of more than 30,000 US patients may have been exposed in a data breach involving Managed Health Services (MHS) of Indiana. [...]
Anthem Pays Record $16 MM HIPAA Fine for Largest U.S. Health Data Breach in History
Anthem, Inc. will pay $16 million to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) to settle violations of the [...]
UMass to Pay $230,000 in Attorney General HIPAA Fines
Another Attorney General HIPAA fine has been levied, this time for data breaches that have left thousands of Massachusetts residents' personal data exposed. UMass Memorial Medical [...]
$1 Million Boston HIPAA Fine Levied for Illegally Filming Patients
Close to $1 million in HIPAA fines have been levied against three Boston-area hospitals for serious HIPAA violations after illegally filming patients for a local TV series. The Department [...]
1.4 Million Patient Records Breached in HIPAA Phishing Attack
The largest data breach of 2018 (so far) has been claimed by a Midwestern health network. UnityPoint Health (UPH) has reported its second data breach of [...]
Medical Center Employee Indicted on Criminal HIPAA Violations
A former University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) employee was indicted by a federal grand jury for criminal HIPAA violations. The Pittsburgh federal grand jury charged [...]
