Several health IT industry stakeholder groups have issued support of legislation recently passed by the House Energy and Commerce Committee. The proposed HR 7898 bill would require the Department...
The Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights released a set of proposed changes to the HIPAA Privacy Rule, which take aim at Right of Access rules and are designed to reduce...
Cybersecurity proved to be a massive challenge for many in the healthcare sector in 2020 as providers worked to combat the COVID-19 crisis, while simultaneously being pummeled with targeted...
Hospitals, health systems, and other providers should reassess their security posture in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has increased the number of cyber risks within the sector, such as...
The Department of Health and Human Services published two final rules on Friday designed to reduce regulatory barriers and improve care coordination, which both contain safe harbor provisions that will...
Another class-action lawsuit has been filed against Blackbaud following a ransomware attack that breached the data of more than 10 million individuals from well over 100 companies. In recent weeks, the...
The University of Cincinnati Medical Center in Ohio has agreed to a $65,000 settlement and a corrective action penalty with the Office for Civil Rights to resolve a potential violation of the...
The Office for Civil Rights announced it reached a settlement with Rajendra Bhayani, MD, a private practice otolaryngology specialist based in Regal Park, New York for $15,000 and a corrective action...
Medical device vendor Zoll filed a lawsuit with the US District Court of Massachusetts against IT service vendor Barracuda Networks, after an error during a server...
The Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights announced it reached a $25,000 settlement with California-based Riverside Psychiatric Medical Group...
Missouri-based Saint Francis Healthcare System has reached a proposed $350,000 lawsuit settlement with the patients impacted by a ransomware attack on Ferguson Medical Group (FMG). Saint Francis...
The New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs and NJ Attorney General Gurbir Grewal announced a settlement with Wakefern Food Corp and two associated ShopRite supermarkets to resolve...
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...
Universal Health Services announced its IT team has brought all of the 400 US health system sites back online, three weeks after a massive ransomware attack drove clinicians...
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...
Tennessee-based Community Health Systems (CHS) reached a $5 million settlement with 28 states to resolve an investigation into its massive data breach that impacted 6.1 million patients...
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...