The Office for Civil Rights reached a settlement with the city of New Haven, Connecticut, including a $202,400 civil monetary penalty and a corrective action plan, following a...
The Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights announced it reached a $1 million settlement with Aetna to resolve potential HIPAA violations stemming from three...
HIPAA-required breach notifications in the wake of a security incident continue to be an Achille’s heel for the healthcare sector. Many notices appear laden with flowery...
In the wake of a breach, navigating a response to quickly eradicate the hackers from the network and reduce the impact of an attack is no easy feat. But in the healthcare sector, ensuring a...
The Office for Civil Rights announced yet another settlement under the 2019 HIPAA Right of Access Initiative. NY Spine Medicine will pay the agency $100,000 and agreed to a corrective...
Arizona-based Dignity Health, doing business as St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center (SJHMC), has agreed to corrective actions and a $160,000 enforcement action with the...
The US Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued an advisory on the potential sanction risks associated with companies that facilitate ransomware...
A multi-state coalition made up of 44 states and Washington, D.C reached a $39.5 million settlement with Anthem, to resolve breach claims stemming from the...
The ransomware hackers behind the massive Blackbaud ransomware attack and subsequent data breach likely had access to more unencrypted data than previously disclosed, including bank account...
The Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights settled with Premera Blue Cross for $6.85 million and a corrective action plan, after an audit into the insurer’s...
The Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights reached a $2.3 million settlement with CHSPSC, which provides services to hospitals and...
The Office for Civil Rights reached a settlement with the Athens Orthopedic Clinic for $1.5 million over a 2016 data breach caused by the notorious hacking group...
The patients impacted by two separate data breaches of Assured Imaging and BJC Healthcare have filed lawsuits against the providers, alleging security failings were behind...
The Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) in collaboration with the Office of Civil Rights released an update to the Department of Health and Human Services Security Risk Assessment Tool designed to...
The Office for Civil Rights closed investigations and announced settlements with five providers over separate HIPAA right of access violations, which brings the total number of...
The patient data privacy lawsuit brought against Google and the University of Chicago Medical Center was dismissed by a federal judge in Illinois on September 4, ruling that patient who filed the...
The Office for Civil Rights recently shared a detailed list of IT asset inventory steps, which can help covered entities and their business associates better fulfill the HIPAA Security Rule...
The Office for Civil Rights reached a settlement with Lifespan Health System Affiliated Covered Entity over the theft of an unencrypted laptop in 2017. The Rhode...
The Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights has reached a settlement with North Carolina-based Metropolitan Community Health Services, DBA Agape Health Services, over...
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services (SAMHSA) announced the agency has revised the Confidentiality of...
