Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights announced this week that it had brought HIPAA-related enforcement actions against five healthcare providers. The actions brought the total number of enforcements carried out under the agency's HIPAA Right of Access Initiative to 25. THE LARGER TREND. ON THE RECORD.

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HIPAA Journal

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

SparkPost is not HIPAA compliant because the terms and conditions of the now rebranded service prohibit violations of “any legal, regulatory, self-regulatory, governmental, statutory requirements of codes of practice”. However, until this happens, the answer to the question is SparkPost HIPAA compliant is a solid “no”.

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MARCH 7, 2023

Health insurance agents became covered under HIPAA with the HITECH Act of 2009. Besides the moral and ethical obligation to protect American PHI, here are three reasons in favor of having a strong HIPAA compliance plan- beyond just annual training. Competitive Advantage : HIPAA compliance can be a differentiator for insurance agents.

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HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 31, 2022

To best answer the question what is a HIPAA violation, it is necessary to explain what HIPAA is, who it applies to, and what constitutes a violation; for although most people believe they know what a HIPAA compliance violation is, evidence suggests otherwise. What is HIPAA and Who Does It Apply To?

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HIPAA Journal

FEBRUARY 12, 2022

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act’s (HIPAA) Breach Notification Rule places a strict time limit on issuing notifications to individuals whose protected health information has been exposed or impermissibly disclosed. on March 1, 2022.

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HIPAA Journal

JULY 19, 2023

The main objective of HIPAA law is to protect the privacy of an individuals’ health information while at the same time permitting needed information to be disclosed for patient care and other purposes such as billing. You can use our HIPAA Law Compliance Checklist to check your compliance requirements and avoid HIPAA violations.

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HIPAA Journal

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Seymour, IN-based Schneck Medical Center has settled a lawsuit with the Indiana attorney general, Todd Rokita, over a 2021 ransomware attack and data breach that affected 89,707 Indiana residents.

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HIPAA Journal

JUNE 6, 2022

66% of surveyed healthcare organizations said they had experienced a ransomware attack in 2021, up from 34% in 2020 and the volume of attacks increased by 69%, which was the highest of all industry sectors. That figure fell to just 2% in 2021. Healthcare had the second-highest increase (59%) in the impact of ransomware attacks.

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Electronic Health Reporter

JANUARY 15, 2021

And in 2021, the focus on compliance is expected to increase. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) affects thousands of organizations across the […]. The article Challenges of Maintaining HIPAA Compliance: 9 Pain Points appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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HIPAA Journal

OCTOBER 26, 2022

The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island (ACLU of RI) is taking legal action against the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) and UnitedHealthcare New England (UHC) over an August 2021 data breach that affected more than 22,000 individuals.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 31, 2023

Illinois Gastroenterology Group (IGG) has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit that stemmed from a 2021 data breach that exposed the protected health information of 227,943 patients. The post Illinois Gastroenterology Group Settles 2021 Data Breach Lawsuit appeared first on HIPAA Journal.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 11, 2022

Protenus has released its 2022 Breach Barometer Report which confirms 2021 was a particularly bad year for healthcare industry data breaches, with more than 50 million healthcare records exposed or compromised in 2021. There were 111 insider incidents in 2021, similar to the 110 incidents in 2019, which is a 26% decrease from 2020.

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HIPAA Journal

JUNE 26, 2023

HIPAA enforcement discretion occurs when the Secretary for Health and Human Services (HHS) announces the Department will exercise discretion in the enforcement of HIPAA Rules. Typically, Notices of Enforcement Discretion last between 72 hours and 60 days, are state or region-specific and apply to specific provisions of the HIPAA Rules.

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HIPAA Journal

APRIL 22, 2022

A new report from Comcast Business indicates 2021 was another record-breaking year for Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks. million DDoS attacks were reported in 2021, which is a 14% increase from 2019, although slightly lower than the previous year when 10.1 Multi-vector attacks increased by 47% in 2021.

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HIPAA Journal

MAY 29, 2023

It has been 27 years since President Clinton signed the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) into law, but compliance is still proving a challenge for many HIPAA-regulated entities. The average HIPAA penalty has fallen from $2.6 reduction in total penalties compared to 2018, falling from $28.7

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HIPAA Journal

APRIL 29, 2022

The Five Eyes security agencies, an alliance of intelligence agencies from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States, have issued a joint advisory about the 15 vulnerabilities in software and operating systems that were most commonly targeted by nation-state hackers and cybercriminal organizations in 2021.

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HIPAA Journal

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

CrowdStrike has released its annual threat report which shows there was a major increase in data leaks following ransomware attacks in 2021, rising 82% from 2020. CrowdStrike observed 2,686 ransomware attacks in 2021 compared to 1,474 in 2020. There were more than 50 ransomware attacks a week in 2021.

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HIPAA Journal

AUGUST 24, 2022

dba New England Dermatology and Laser Center (NDELC), has agreed to settle a HIPAA violation case with the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and has paid a $300,640 penalty to resolve alleged violations of the HIPAA Privacy Rule. The administrative safeguards of the HIPAA Privacy Rule – 45 C.F.R. Rainer replaced Lisa J.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 24, 2022

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has released its 2021 Internet Crime Report , which reveals there were at least 649 ransomware attacks on critical infrastructure organizations from June 2021 to December 2021. billion in 2021 – a 28% increase from 2020. Source IC3.

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HIPAA Journal

APRIL 4, 2023

On November 5, 2021, AHCV determined that the email accounts of two of its employees had been accessed by unauthorized individuals after the employees responded to phishing emails. On December 21, 2021, AHCV determined that one of the email accounts did contain patient information, which may have been accessed in the attack.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 2, 2022

The Health Insurance Accountability and Portability Act (HIPAA) introduced multiple HIPAA rights. Unfortunately, the failure to comply with Privacy Rule HIPAA rights is one of the leading reasons for complaints to the HHS Office for Civil Rights. Rights under the Privacy Rule. 45 CFR § 164.524 – Access of individuals to PHI.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The following is a guest article by Bill Young, Director of Healthcare & Life Sciences at SYSTRAN Keeping patient data confidential and secure remains a major healthcare challenge today, more than 25 years after the introduction of the 1996 Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act or HIPAA.

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HIPAA Journal

AUGUST 3, 2022

PracticeMax said it identified suspicious activity within its network on May 1, 2021, and confirmed that ransomware was installed on its network. The two health insurance firms confirmed they had been affected in late February 2022, with PracticeMax publicly reporting the breach in the fall of 2021.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 28, 2023

A New York law firm that suffered a LockBit ransomware attack has agreed to pay a financial penalty of $200,000 to the New York Attorney General to resolve alleged violations of New York General Business Law and the Privacy and Security Rules of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

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HIPAA Journal

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Two HIPAA-regulated entities have recently started notifying individuals whose protected health information was potentially compromised in cyberattacks that occurred more than 12 months ago, including one where it took 18 months to notify affected individuals that their protected health information had been accessed and potentially acquired.

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HIPAA Journal

AUGUST 16, 2022

In August 2021, the Vice Society ransomware operation published data on its data leak site that had allegedly been obtained in a ransomware attack on United Health Centers of San Joaquin Valley. On August 31, 2021, Bleeping Computer was made aware of the data leak and made multiple attempts to notify United Health Centers.

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Compliancy Group

JULY 18, 2022

Demonstrating their continued focus on right of access violations, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced 11 settlements and one HIPAA fine for medical practices across a wide variety of specialties. Employee misunderstanding of HIPAA right of access. × HIPAA Compliance Simplified.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 29, 2024

The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has announced that a $35,000 settlement has been reached with Phoenix Healthcare to resolve a HIPAA Right of Access violation. This is the 47th investigation of a HIPAA Right of Access case to result in a financial penalty.

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HIPAA Journal

MAY 16, 2022

According to the April 29, 2022, notification on the healthcare provider’s website, “We recently discovered unauthorized access to our network occurred between May 31, 2021, and June 1, 2021.” The post Refuah Health Center Alerts 260K Patients About May 2021 Cyberattack appeared first on HIPAA Journal.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 24, 2022

Chelan Douglas Health District in East Wenatchee, WA, has announced it was the victim of a cyberattack in July 2021 in which the personal and protected health information of patients was exfiltrated from its systems. The post Patient Data Stolen in July 2021 Cyberattack on Chelan Douglas Health District appeared first on HIPAA Journal.

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HIPAA Journal

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has restructured its Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and has created new divisions that will help improve the enforcement of HIPAA and civil rights laws and clear the current backlog of complaints and investigations. Approximately 80% of all reported data breaches are due to hacking.

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Compliancy Group

JANUARY 8, 2024

HIPAA fines are issued for various reasons and are usually the result of a settlement to end an Office for Civil Rights (OCR) investigation. In 2023, OCR settled thirteen cases with healthcare organizations for potential HIPAA violations. Life Hope Labs did not provide access until February 2022.

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HIPAA Journal

APRIL 11, 2023

Four Notifications of Enforcement Discretion were announced by OCR in response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency in 2020 and 2021 to support the healthcare sector during the COVID-19 pandemic. The post HHS Secretary Will Not Renew COVID-19 PHE: HIPAA Enforcement Discretion to End on May 11, 2023 appeared first on HIPAA Journal.

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HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 12, 2023

One of the challenges with developing HIPAA was to create rules that would correct inefficiencies and get the healthcare system working more harmoniously. The way that HIPAA needed to be written has naturally led to the legislation receiving a lot of criticism. How HIPAA has Benefited Healthcare Organizations.

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HIPAA Journal

JULY 18, 2022

The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights has sent a warning to healthcare providers about the importance of compliance with the HIPAA Right of Access with the announcement that a further 11 financial penalties for HIPAA-covered entities that have failed to provide patients with timely access to their medical records.

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HIPAA Journal

AUGUST 28, 2023

The latest settlement agreement relates to a complaint made against UHIC by a customer who had requested a copy of their PHI in January 2021. The agency initiated an investigation in April 2021, but it was not until July that the customer received the PHI they had requested six months earlier.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 1, 2022

Pino, urged HIPAA-regulated entities to take steps to strengthen their cybersecurity posture in 2022 in light of the increase in cyberattacks on the healthcare industry. 2021 was a particularly bad year for healthcare organizations, with the number of reported healthcare data breaches reaching record levels. Risk management.

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