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Data Breaches at Arizona Asthma and Allergy Institute, Stillwater Medical Center and Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services
Arizona Asthma and Allergy Institute sent breach notification letters to...
HSCC Requests Biden to Give Financing to Strengthen Cybersecurity Posture of the Medical Industry
The Healthcare and Public Health Sector Coordinating Council (HSCC) has...
Social Media and HIPAA Compliance
Social media platforms including Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter, and Instagram...
Third-Party Phishing Attack Impacts Around 34,862 Lafourche Medical Group Patients
Urgent care center operator Lafourche Medical Group located in Louisiana has...
Healthcare Organizations Dealing with Higher Cyber Insurance Costs for Less Coverage
The number of cyberattacks currently being reported is greater than ever...
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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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Data Breaches at Arizona Asthma and Allergy Institute, Stillwater Medical Center and Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services
Arizona Asthma and Allergy Institute sent breach notification letters to...
Third-Party Phishing Attack Impacts Around 34,862 Lafourche Medical Group Patients
Urgent care center operator Lafourche Medical Group located in Louisiana has...
Ransomware Gangs Use New Triple Extortion Tactics
After the DarkSide ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline, a number of...
HSCC Requests Biden to Give Financing to Strengthen Cybersecurity Posture of the Medical Industry
The Healthcare and Public Health Sector Coordinating Council (HSCC) has...
PHI Compromised Because of the University of Florida Health Shands, St. John’s Well Child and Family Center and St. Paul’s PACE Breaches
University of Florida Health Shands has learned that an ex-employee has...
Data Breaches at Mobile Anesthesiologists Patients, Haven Behavioral Healthcare and Heart of Texas Community Health Center
Mobile Anesthesiologists fairly recently found out about the exposure of a...
Social Media and HIPAA Compliance
Social media platforms including Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter, and Instagram...
Is it a HIPAA Violation to Require Confirmation of Vaccine Status?
There is a lot of misunderstandings concerning the case of questioning a...
NIST Wants Feedback on Designed Updates to HIPAA Security Rule Implementation Guidance
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is preparing to...
Healthcare Organizations Dealing with Higher Cyber Insurance Costs for Less Coverage
The number of cyberattacks currently being reported is greater than ever...
420,433 People Affected by Health Plan of San Joaquin Email Security Breach
Health Plan of San Joaquin (HPSJ), which is a not-for-profit service...
President Biden Signs Expansive Executive Order to Enhance Federal Networks Cybersecurity
On May 13, 2021, President Biden signed a comprehensive Executive Order that...
