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OCR to Have Enforcement Discretion in Relation to the Use of Internet or Cloud-based Scheduling Software for COVID-19 Vaccination Sessions
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights has...
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center’s $4.3 Million HIPAA Penalty Revoked on Appeal
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has reversed the $4,348,000...
Ransomware Attack Disables Campbell County Health Services
A ransomware attack at Campbell County Health has disrupted hospital...
Data Security Incident at SSCPG Affects 10,000 Patients
A data security incident at Shore Speciality Consultants Pulmonology Group...
NCCoE Issues Guidance for Corporate-Owned Personally Enabled Devices
The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) has issued new draft...
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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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Ransomware Attack Disables Campbell County Health Services
A ransomware attack at Campbell County Health has disrupted hospital...
Over 70 Employee Email Accounts Compromised in Phishing Attack on NCH Healthcare System
NCH Healthcare System is preparing to notify patients that their protected...
Western Connecticut Health Network Patient Information Exposed in Mailing Incident
Western Connecticut Health Network is sending breach notification letters to...
Data Security Incident at SSCPG Affects 10,000 Patients
A data security incident at Shore Speciality Consultants Pulmonology Group...
Phishing Attack at East Central Indiana School Trust Affects 3,200 Individuals
East Central Indiana School Trust (ECIST) is notifying more than 3,200...
Presbyterian Healthcare Services Notifies 183,000 Patients Following Data Breach
Presbyterian Healthcare Services is notifying 183,000 patients that an...
OCR to Have Enforcement Discretion in Relation to the Use of Internet or Cloud-based Scheduling Software for COVID-19 Vaccination Sessions
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights has...
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center’s $4.3 Million HIPAA Penalty Revoked on Appeal
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has reversed the $4,348,000...
NCCoE Issues Guidance for Corporate-Owned Personally Enabled Devices
The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) has issued new draft...
Vulnerabilities Identified in Philips IntelliVue Firmware
Cybersecurity researchers have identified vulnerabilities in Philips...
Software Vulnerability Identified in Change Healthcare Cardiology Devices
Cybersecurity researchers have identified a flaw in Change Healthcare...
Hackers Targeting US Utilities Sector with Spear Phishing Campaign
Hackers impersonating the US National Council of Examiners for Engineering...
