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HC3 Warns Healthcare Sector About Growing Threat from Emotet Malware

HIPAA Journal

The HHS’ Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) has issued a warning to the healthcare sector about the threat from Emotet malware. Emotet was first detected in 2014 and was initially a banking Trojan; however, the malware has been updated over the years and has had new features added.

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United Health Centers of San Joaquin Valley Notifies Patients About August 2021 Ransomware Attack

HIPAA Journal

Lee County Emergency Medical Services Notifies Patients About Third-Party Data Breach. Lee County Emergency Medical Services has recently started notifying certain patients about a business associate-related data breach. Lee County Emergency Medical Services said around 2% of the records provided to SGR were compromised.

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False Claims Act: Prediction on Supreme Court Ruling on Government Dismissal Authority

Healthcare Law Today

The case asks whether the government has authority to dismiss an FCA suit after initially declining to proceed with the action, and if so, what standard would apply. The Petitioner-Relator filed an FCA case against EHR on July 26, 2012 which the government investigated for about two years before declining to intervene on June 27, 2014.

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Healthcare Industry Warned About Risk Posed by APT41 Threat Group

HIPAA Journal

The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) has issued a warning about the Chinese state-sponsored threat actor tracked as APT41. The post Healthcare Industry Warned About Risk Posed by APT41 Threat Group appeared first on HIPAA Journal.

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Using Legal Preparedness to Minimize Liability Barriers to Accessing Pandemic Vaccine and Medical Countermeasures

Bill of Health

Widespread international health emergencies, and particularly pandemics, can lead to a major imbalance of negotiating power between manufacturers and governments. Governments may face difficult policy decisions in their attempts to expeditiously control the spread of disease. Government, the U.S.

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How health systems can better protect patient privacy

Healthcare It News

Eric Liederman, director of medical informatics for the Kaiser Permanente Medical Group, says good communications with patients about cybersecurity protection is essential – even as risks to protected health information are on the rise, from external bad actors and insider threats. Overcommunicate about your auditing program.

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Monthly Round-Up of What to Read on Pharma Law and Policy

Bill of Health

The selections feature topics ranging from a discussion of potential pathways to enable government patent use before nonpatent exclusivities expire, to an examination of medical oncologists who receive more than $100,000 annually from pharmaceutical companies, to an analysis of the launch prices of new drugs from 2008-2021. JCO Oncol Pract.