HIPAA Journal

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Suspicious activity was detected within its email environment on December 16, 2021, passwords were changed to prevent further unauthorized access, and third-party cybersecurity experts were engaged to investigate the unauthorized activity. It is unclear why it took so long for the breach to be confirmed.

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HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 23, 2022

It has been another bad year for healthcare data breaches, with some of the biggest HIPAA breaches of 2022 resulting in the impermissible disclosure of well over a million records. The Biggest HIPAA Breaches of 2022. The 12 biggest HIPAA breaches of 2022 affected almost 22.66 million patients and health plan members.

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HIPAA Journal

MAY 2, 2022

6 data breaches have recently been reported by HIPAA-regulated entities that have collectively resulted in the exposure and potential theft of the protected health information of tens of thousands of individuals. The accounts were compromised on October 19, 2021, as a result of employees responding to phishing emails.

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HIPAA Journal

MAY 11, 2023

million settlement to resolve a class action lawsuit filed in response to a 2021 hacking incident in which the protected health information of 318,379 patients was compromised. Million Settlement to Resolve Data Breach Lawsuit appeared first on HIPAA Journal. The Californian home care service provider, SuperCare, has proposed a $2.25

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Healthcare It News

MAY 12, 2023

AI virtual agents for billing The Seattle-based Outbound AI, founded in 2021, announced Tuesday it has expanded its cloud-powered PayerVA Console with generative AI that "augments human talent" while reducing billing specialist burden.

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Compliancy Group

DECEMBER 22, 2023

On December 8, 2023, Healthplex, one of the largest dental administrators in New York state, settled a case with state regulators over a 2021 phishing incident. The Incident and Settlement In November 2021, an unknown attacker sent a phishing email to an employee of Healthplex. Become compliant today!

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SQA

JUNE 10, 2021

SQA Regulatory Surveillance Summary #4, 2021. Brazilian Regulators Update Economic Monitoring Requirements for Some Medical Devices, 26 March 2021. The new regulation takes effect on 01 April 2021. ANVISA: The Advances of 2020 in Regulatory Quality Improvement, 31 March 2021.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 6, 2023

Cedar Park, TX-based Dental Health Management Solutions (DHMS), a provider of dental services to the government/military and private patients has recently announced – via its legal counsel – that the protected health information of certain patients was exposed in a 2021 hacking incident.

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HIPAA Journal

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Family Christian Health Center (FCHC) in Illinois has announced it was the victim of a ransomware attack in November 2021 that compromised the protected health information of 31,000 patients. The attackers compromised FCHC’s old dental system which contained the PHI of patients who had received dental services prior to August 31, 2020.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 10, 2022

Bako Diagnostics (BakoDx), a Georgia-based provider of laboratory services to healthcare providers, has announced it was the victim of a cyberattack that was discovered on December 28, 2021. The Austin, TX-based cloud hosting and data storage company DataHEALTH has announced it was the victim of a ransomware attack on November 3, 2021.

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Compliancy Group

APRIL 11, 2022

The network intrusion was initially detected on July 27, 2021. In a statement on SuperCare Health’s website, they provided details regarding the hacking incident, “On July 27, 2021, we discovered unauthorized activity on our systems. Let’s Simplify Compliance HIPAA and cybersecurity go hand-in-hand. Learn More! ×

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HIPAA Journal

JULY 11, 2022

Phoenixville Hospital Fires Employee for HIPAA Violation. An employee was discovered to have accessed the medical records of several patients without authorization between October 2021 and May 2022, when there was no legitimate work reason for viewing those records. Family Practice Center Reports October 2021 Hacking Incident.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 25, 2022

The forensic investigation revealed the email accounts were accessed by unauthorized individuals between April 7, 2021, and June 2, 2021. AHA provided notice about the attack on January 6, 2021. UMC was a victim of a REvil ransomware attack in June 2021 that resulted in the theft of the protected health information of 1.3

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HIPAA Journal

APRIL 7, 2022

SuperCare Health, a Downey, CA-based post-acute, in-home respiratory care provider serving the Western United States, has recently started notifying 318,379 patients that some of their protected health information has been exposed and potentially accessed by unauthorized individuals in a cyberattack that occurred in July 2021.

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HIPAA Journal

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The Nashville, TN-based health system, Advent Health Partners, has proposed a $500,000 settlement to resolve claims related to a September 2021 data breach involving the protected health information of 61,072 patients. Advent Health Partners detected a breach of its email environment in early September 2021.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 14, 2022

Capital Region Medical Center (CRMC) in Jefferson City, MO has recently confirmed patient information was accessed by unauthorized individuals in a December 2021 cyberattack that took its network and phone systems offline for several days. The attack was detected on December 17, 2021, when network systems were disrupted.

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HIPAA Journal

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Philadelphia FIGHT Community Health Centers has recently announced it was the victim of a cyberattack on November 30, 2021. The post 15,000 Patients Affected by Philadelphia FIGHT Community Health Centers Cyberattack appeared first on HIPAA Journal. They started to be notified on January 6, 2022.

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HIPAA Journal

APRIL 18, 2022

NRH explained on its website that a limited number of employee email accounts were accessed by unauthorized individuals over a period of 10 months in 2021 between January 26, 2021, and November 23, 2021. The types of information exposed included names, Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers, state-issued I.D.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 23, 2022

New Jersey Brain and Spine (NJBS) has recently announced it was the victim of a cyberattack on or around November 16, 2021, that encrypted data on its network. and Dialyze Direct appeared first on HIPAA Journal. Notification letters were sent to affected individuals on March 10, 2022. Highmark Inc.,

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HIPAA Journal

APRIL 15, 2022

A subset of individuals also had their Social Security numbers and/or driver’s license numbers exposed. SuperCare Health said unauthorized individuals had access to its network between July 23, 2021, to July 27, 2021, but did not disclose the nature of the cyberattack.

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Bill of Health

JUNE 5, 2023

medical licensing exam , diagnose illnesses , and even outshine human doctors on measures of perceived empathy , raising many questions about how AI will reshape health care as we know it. In the field of medicine, ChatGPT already has been reported to ace the U.S. But what happens when AI gets things wrong?

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 4, 2022

The security incident was detected on January 18, 2022, with the subsequent investigation confirming unauthorized individuals had access to its systems between November 18, 2021, and January 18, 2022. dba Fellowship Community in Whitehall, PA, has recently announced it was the victim of a cyberattack that was detected on August 6, 2021.

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HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 30, 2022

A settlement has been proposed by Scripps Health to resolve a consolidated class action lawsuit – In Re: Scripps Health Data Incident Litigation – to resolve all claims related to its 2021 ransomware attack. Settlement to Resolve Class Action Ransomware Lawsuit appeared first on HIPAA Journal. The post Scripps Health Proposes $3.5M

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HIPAA Journal

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Radiology Specialists into a large data breach that was reported in 2021 to determine whether it was caused by a failure to comply with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and state laws. On January 22, 2021, SonicWall alerted its customers about a coordinated cyberattack on its internal systems.

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HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Receivables Performance Management (RPM) in Lynnwood, WA, a business associate of several HIPAA-covered entities, has recently started notifying individuals affected by a 2021 ransomware attack. The incident was detected on May 12, 2021, with the investigation confirming its systems were first breached on April 8, 2021.

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HIPAA Journal

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Hackers gained access to Umass Memorial Health’s email environment between June 24, 2020 and January 7, 2021, as a result of responses to phishing emails. Million Settlement to Resolve Data Breach Lawsuit appeared first on HIPAA Journal. Claims for the benefits or cash payment must be submitted by April 14, 2023.

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HIPAA Journal

MAY 31, 2022

A limited number of patients also had their health insurance information, driver’s license numbers, and/or Social Security numbers exposed. Camden, NJ-based Cooper University Health Care announced on May 25, 2022, that the email account of an employee was accessed by an unauthorized individual on November 24, 2021.

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HIPAA Journal

OCTOBER 17, 2022

RAA said suspicious activity was detected within its environment in August 2021. The forensic investigation confirmed that unauthorized individuals had access to certain systems between July 22, 2021, and August 3, 2021, and copied files from its network that contained patient data.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 21, 2022

As previously reported on this site, JDC Healthcare Management detected malware within its IT network on or around August 9, 2021, with the forensic investigation into the security breach confirming the malware was downloaded onto its systems on July 27, 2021. Further information on the data breach has now been obtained.

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HIPAA Journal

APRIL 28, 2022

Irvine, CA-based Smile Brands, a provider of support services for dental offices, has recently provided an update on the number of individuals affected by a ransomware attack that was discovered on April 24, 2021. The initial notice to the Maine attorney general was submitted on October 8, 2021.

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HIPAA Journal

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

The medical device manufacturer Electromed has proposed a $850,000 settlement to resolve claims related to a June 2021 ransomware attack and data breach involving the protected health information of 47,200 individuals. The post Electromed Proposes $825,000 Class Action Data Breach Settlement appeared first on HIPAA Journal.

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HIPAA Journal

APRIL 1, 2022

On January 24, 2022, SRHD announced that an employee email account had been compromised on December 21, 2021. Between June 24, 2021, and July 2, 2021, emails and attachments in a Ciox Health employee’s email account were downloaded by an unauthorized individual.

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HIPAA Journal

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

The Michigan law firm, Warner Norcross and Judd LLP, has issued notification letters to 255,160 individuals advising them about an October 2021 security breach in which files containing their personal and protected health information were potentially accessed and exfiltrated from its systems. The breach was detected on October 22, 2021.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 9, 2022

The Birmingham, AL-based multi-specialty clinic, Norwood Clinic, has recently started notifying 228,103 individuals that some of their protected health information was accessed in a cyberattack that was detected on October 22, 2021. The review was concluded on February 2, 2022, and affected customers were updated on February 14, 2022.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 10, 2023

The lawsuit also takes issue with the delay in notifications, which were sent almost 9 months after the breach was detected, when the HIPAA Breach Notification Rule requires notifications to be issued within 60 days of the discovery of a data breach. Izquierdo claims he has been told he must pay the interest accrued on those cards.

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HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 19, 2022

A review of the files on the compromised servers confirmed that protected health information such as patient names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers, health insurance information, and diagnosis and treatment information had been exposed.

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HIPAA Journal

JULY 5, 2022

Individuals who had their Social Security numbers or driver’s license numbers exposed have been offered complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection services. The breach occurred in early December 2021 and was detected when the account was used to send spam emails. million individuals have potentially been compromised.

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