- + Planned Parenthood Falls Victim to RansomHub Ransomware Attack—The Ransom Hub ransomware group’s assault on the healthcare industry continues. Yesterday, RansimHub added the New York-based reproductive healthcare ...
- + Texas Attorney General Sues HHS to Overturn Reproductive Healthcare Privacy Final Rule—Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) has filed a lawsuit against the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra a...
- + Data Breaches Reported by VeriSource Services & CBIZ Benefits & Insurance Services—The protected health information (PHI) of more than 112,000 individuals was compromised at VeriSource Services, a website vulnerability was exploited ...
- + What are the HIPAA Marketing Rules?—The HIPAA marketing rules prohibit covered entities from conducting certain remote marketing activities and disclosing Protected Health Information in...
- + Active Ransomware Groups Increase by 57% as Ransomware Landscape Fragments—There has been a significant increase in the number of ransomware groups conducting attacks, according to Searchlight Cyber. In H1, 2023, Searchlight ...
- + Data Breaches Reported by Three Californian Healthcare Providers—Data breaches have recently been reported by Californian healthcare providers Vasinda’s Around the Clock Care, Baker Places, Turning Point of Ce...
- + Security Camera Vendor Fined $2.95 Million for Alleged Violations of FTC Act and CAN-SPAM Act—The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has proposed a $2.95 million financial penalty for the Californian security camera vendor Verkada to resolve allega...
- + What is the Administrative Simplification Compliance Act?—The Administrative Simplification Compliance Act is an Act passed in 2001 that requires healthcare providers and medical equipment suppliers to submit...
- + CISA Launches New Cyber Incident Reporting Portal—The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has launched a new portal to make it easier for organizations to report cyber incid...
- + Does HIPAA Apply to Animals?—HIPAA does apply to animals if details of an animal could be used to identify the subject of Protected Health Information maintained in the same desig...
- + Specialty Networks Data Breach Affects 411,000 Patients—Specialty Networks, Inc., a Chattanooga, TN-based provider of radiology information systems, digital transcription services, and enterprise practice m...
- + Feds Sound Alarm About RansomHub Ransomware Group—The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Cente...
- + Healthcare Cybersecurity Act Introduced in House of Representatives—The bipartisan Senate bill, the Healthcare Cybersecurity Act , which was introduced following the ransomware attack on Change Healthcare, now has a ...
- + Florida Department of Health Notifies Individuals Affected by June 2024 Cyberattack—The Florida Department of Health has started notifying the individuals affected by its June 2024 cyberattack and has confirmed that the attack was det...
- + Is Grasshopper HIPAA Compliant?—Grasshopper is not HIPAA compliant because its virtual phone system communicates with users’ devices via existing communication services over which Gr...
- + What is the Difference between FERPA and HIPAA?—The main difference between FERPA and HIPAA is that FERPA applies to most student health records maintained by or on behalf of an educational institut...
- + Iranian Espionage Group Providing Network Access to Ransomware Groups—An Iranian hacking group has been collaborating with ransomware groups to extort organizations in the defense, education, finance, and healthcare sect...
- + OCR Drops Appeal in AHA Tracking Technology Case—Ten days after filing its notice to appeal a District Court ruling that vacated its tracking technology guidance, the Department of Health and Human S...
- + OCR to Appeal District Court Ruling in AHA Tracking Technology Case—Last week, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) filed a notice of appeal against the decision of a U.S. Dis...
- + HIPAA and Video Surveillance—Complying with HIPAA and video surveillance regulations requires careful planning to ensure that Protected Health Information captured by surveillance...
- + HHS-OIG Audit Suggests 1 in 4 Nursing Homes Are Not Compliant with Infection Preventionist Requirements—An audit by the HHS Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) indicates more than one-quarter of nursing homes either did not designate an infection preve...
- + Ransomware Attack on Software Vendor Involved Medical Insurance Information of 954K Individuals—Young Consulting (Connexure), an Atlanta, GA-based vendor that provides software solutions to the employer stop loss marketplace, has fallen victim to...
- + McLaren Health Care Restores IT Systems Following Ransomware Attack—McLaren Health Care has announced that it has successfully restored all IT systems affected by its August 6, 2024, ransomware attack, including its el...
- + $460 Million Paid to Ransomware Groups in H1, 2024—Several ransomware reports have been released in the past few weeks that shed light on the extent to which ransomware is being used in cyberattacks, t...
- + Email Breach Reported by The Facial Pain Center—The Facial Pain Center in Minnesota has revealed several employee email accounts were accessed by an unauthorized individual in January 2024, exposing...
- + What is an 834 File in Healthcare?—An 834 file in healthcare is a benefit enrollment and maintenance file used to electronically exchange information about health plan members between e...
- + Data Breaches Reported by Medical Center Barbour; Monte Nido; Allergy Medical Group of the North Area—Medical Center Barbour in Alabama, Allergy Medical Group of the North Area in California, and the nationwide eating disorder treatment provider Monte ...
- + Is Windows 11 HIPAA Compliant?—Windows 11 is HIPAA compliant inasmuch as the operating system has the underlying security and administrative capabilities to support HIPAA compliance...
- + Cyberattack on Help at Home Affects 26,700 Current & Former Patients—Data breaches have been reported by Help at Home, Kinsler Family Dentistry, ParkTree Community Health Center, and Providence Pediatrics Manito. Hel...
- + Karakurt Ransomware Group Member Charged in Ohio—An alleged member of the Karakurt threat group has been charged in U.S. District Court in Cincinnati with conspiracy to commit money laundering, wire ...
- + Healthcare Sector Warned About Everest Ransomware Group—The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center has issued a threat profile of the Everest Ransomware group, which was behind the recent ransomwar...
- + Breaches of Patient Confidentiality—Breaches of patient confidentiality – defined as disclosures of private information without the patient’s consent – occur more often than most p...
- + Healthcare Data Breach Statistics—The HIPAA Journal has compiled healthcare data breach statistics from October 2009, when the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for ...
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