Anthem MaineHealth Suffers Third-Party Data Breach, 13K Impacted
Anthem MaineHealth disclosed a third-party data breach to the Maine Attorney General’s Office that impacted 13,406 individuals. On August 5, the company learned that an unauthorized person...Primary Care Clinic Network Suffers Healthcare Data Breach, 233K Impacted
Texas-based Family Health Centers (FMC), which operates a network of four primary care clinics in Amarillo and Canyon, disclosed a healthcare data breach to HHS. The breach impacted 233,948 individuals...How BCBS MA Combats DME, Telemedicine Fraud Schemes
Equipped with fragments of personal information available on the internet or the dark web, scammers are increasingly targeting seniors in elaborate telemedicine fraud and durable medical equipment (DME) schemes, Blue Cross Blue Shield of...OCR Settles Improper PHI Disposal Case, Resolves Potential HIPAA Violation
The HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) settled a case with New England Dermatology and Laser Center (NEDLC) to resolve a potential HIPAA violation involving improper protected health information (PHI)...Novant Health Notifies 1.3M Patients of Unauthorized PHI Disclosure Caused By Meta Pixel
North Carolina-based Novant Health notified 1.3 million patients that the use of Meta pixel code potentially led to unauthorized disclosure of protected health information (PHI). As previously...Neurology Practice Notifies 363K of Data Breach, PHI Released on Dark Web
Indiana-based neurology practice Goodman Campbell Brain and Spine notified 362,833 individuals of a data breach that occurred in May. With a level of specificity that is uncommon in data breach...Avamere Health Services Data Breach Impacts 96 Practices, At Least 380K
Avamere Health Services, a group of independently-owned post-acute care companies that provide care for seniors, reported a data breach that impacted 96 practices and at least 380,000...Stolen iPad Leads to Potential PHI Exposure at Kaiser Permanente
On May 20, an unknown individual broke into a locked storage area at the Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center and stole an iPad, which led to potential protected health information (PHI)...VCU Health Notifies Patients of Transplant Donor, Recipient PHI Data Breach
Transplant donor records were available to transplant recipients at Virginia Commonwealth University Health System (VCU Health) as early as January 2006, the health system informed patients recently....Sponsored by SecureLink an Imprivata Company