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Today’s Vision Medical Records Found in Texas Dumpster
The medical records of Today’s Vision patients have been found in a...
Medical Informatics Engineering Settles with OCR for $100,000 for 2015 Data Breach
Medical Informatics Engineering Inc (MIE) has agreed to a $100,000...
HHS Issues Clarification On Business Associates Liability
On May 24, 2019, the Department of Health and Human Services issued a...
Microsoft May 2019 Patch Tuesday
Microsoft has issued patches for 79 vulnerabilities this May 2019 Patch...
Businesses Still Using Unencrypted USB Devices to Store Data One Year After GDPR
It has been revealed that businesses are still storing data on unencrypted...
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- Health Net Penalized 55K for Late HIPAA Infringement Notice
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- Sutter Health Charged for 4.24M HIPAA Mega Infringement
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Health Net Penalized 55K for Late HIPAA Infringement Notice
Health Net, Connecticut-based insurance firm is to pay a penalty of $55,000 to the Office of Vermont Attorney General for HIPAA disobedience and failing to safeguard the information of the state’s...
UCLA Hospitals Receives $865K HIPAA Penalty for Lacking to Safeguard Superstar Medical Reports
The Division of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights has penalized the UCLA Health System $865,500 for HIPAA breaches triggered by letting the medical reports of 2 superstar patients...
Negligence in Business Associate Security Results in 20K Patient HIPAA Infringement
As per a New York Times story circulated this week, the health reports of 20,000 patients of Stanford University Hospital in Palo Alto, Calif., have been announced online and available to the public...
Sutter Health Charged for 4.24M HIPAA Mega Infringement
Two class action litigations have now been registered versus the Sutter Health hospital system in Northern California following a theft at its administrative workplaces in Sacramento potentially...
Blue Cross Blue Shield to Reimburse HHS $1.5M for HIPAA Infringement
The Office for Civil Rights has accomplished its first implementation action developing from the HITECH Infringement Notice Rule and has penalized Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee (BCBST) for...
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Today’s Vision Medical Records Found in Texas Dumpster
The medical records of Today’s Vision patients have been found in a...
Inmediata Breach Notification Letters Sent to Incorrect Addresses
A mailing error at Inmediata has seen breach notification letters being sent...
DC Attorney General Proposes Stricter Data Breach Notification Laws
Washington D.C. Attorney General Karl. A. Racine has proposed stricter data...
Medical Informatics Engineering Settles with OCR for $100,000 for 2015 Data Breach
Medical Informatics Engineering Inc (MIE) has agreed to a $100,000...
Touchstone Medical Imaging Agrees to £3 million Settlement with OCR
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR)...
New Sextortion Scams Identified Following Record Numbers Reported in 2018
Sextortion scams have become increasingly common in recent years, with...
HHS Issues Clarification On Business Associates Liability
On May 24, 2019, the Department of Health and Human Services issued a...
Maximum Penalties for HIPAA Violations Changed by HHS
The Department of Health and Humans Services has issued a notification of...
Brookside ENT and Hearing Center Announces Closure Following Ransomware Attack
Michigan-based Brookside ENT and Hearing Center has announced its closure...
Microsoft May 2019 Patch Tuesday
Microsoft has issued patches for 79 vulnerabilities this May 2019 Patch...
Oracle WebLogic Server Vulnerability Exploited Using Sodinokibi Ransomware
A vulnerability in Oracle WebLogic Server is being exploited in the wild by...
Southern Hills Eye Care Ransomware Attack Reported
Southern Hills Eye Care in Sioux City, Iowa, has announced that a recent...
