Criminal HIPAA Violation Case Sees Healthcare Worker Charged on 415 Counts
A former employee of ACM Global Laboratories, part of Rochester Regional Health, has been accused of accessing the medical records of a patient, without authorization, on hundreds of occasions in…
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Michigan Hospital Notifies 2,487 Patients of Human Error Data Breach
Mercy Health Physician Partners Southwest Practice notified patients about a recent mailing error, now mitigated, involving the practice.
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Hacking of Accounting Firm Affects Medical Group
An apparent ransomware attack on an accounting firm in December exposed the patient data of Community Care Physicians, a large upstate New York medical group, as well as other clients…
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Cyberattack on NRC Health Sparks Privacy Concerns about Private Patient Records Stored by US Hospitals
NRC Health, a publicly-traded company that says it works with 75 percent of the 200 largest US hospital chains, was hit with a ransomware attack on Feb. 11, a spokesperson…
Read More »Hackensack Meridian Faces Breach Lawsuit after Ransomware Attack
Hackensack Meridian Health, one of the largest health systems in New Jersey, is facing a class-action lawsuit, following a ransomware attack that drove the provider offline for several days in…
Read More »Nearly 438,000 Patients Affected in January-Reported Breaches
Providers, health plans and their business associates reported 29 breaches affecting nearly 438,000 patients to the federal government in the first month of 2020.
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Patient’s Photo Posted on Social Media Not Illegal, Court Rules
A nurse’s aide at a senior care facility in southern Minnesota who posted a photograph of an elderly patient with Alzheimer’s disease on social media with a demeaning and vulgar…
Read More »Computer Theft Exposes Personal, Health Data of 654K Oregon Patients
Health Share of Oregon, the state’s largest Medicaid coordinated care organization is notifying 654,000 patients that their personal and health data has been exposed after a laptop was stolen from…
Read More »Maze Ransomware Hackers Extorting Providers, Posting Stolen Health Data
Recent reports have shown the hacking group behind Maze ransomware has been steadily posting the data of its victims online after the organizations fail to pay the ransom demand.
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HHS OCR BULLETIN: HIPAA Privacy and Novel Coronavirus
In light of the Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is providing this bulletin to ensure…
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