HIPAA Journal

JUNE 21, 2022

May 2022 saw a 25% increase in healthcare data breaches of 500 or more records. 70 data breaches of 500 or more records were reported to the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) in May 2022, which is the highest monthly total this year and well above the 12-month average of 56.75 Ransomware attack.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 13, 2024

Investigation Focuses on HIPAA Compliance The OCR enforces the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification Rules. However, the agency reminds them of their obligations under HIPAA, including: Maintaining valid business associate agreements with Change Healthcare.

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HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 21, 2022

643 healthcare data breaches have been reported to the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights so far in 2022, which makes this year the second worst year to date for healthcare data breaches. So far in 2022, 44,852,648 healthcare records have been breached. Ransomware attack. Ransomware attack. million records a month.

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HIPAA Journal

OCTOBER 21, 2022

So far in 2022, 31,705,618 patient records have been exposed or impermissibly disclosed. 30 data breaches of 10,000 or more patient records were reported to the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights in September 2022, all but one of which were hacking/IT incidents. Ransomware attack. Ransomware attack. Ransomware attack.

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HIPAA Journal

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

The 25.75% percentage decrease from July 2022 was accompanied by a significant reduction in breached records, which dropped almost 30% month over month. Largest Healthcare Data Breaches Reported in August 2022. Ransomware attack. Ransomware attack on a business associate (OneTouchPoint). Ransomware attack.

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HIPAA Journal

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

50 healthcare data breaches of 500 or more records were reported to the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) in January 2022. 726 data breaches of 500 or more records were reported to OCR in the 12 months from February 2021 to January 2022, and 42,175,121 records were breached across those 726 incidents. Ransomware attack.

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HIPAA Journal

APRIL 19, 2022

In March 2022, 43 healthcare data breaches of 500 or more records were reported to the U.S. Largest Healthcare Data Breaches in March 2022. In March 2022, there were 25 data breaches reported to OCR that affected 10,000 or more individuals, all but one of which were hacking incidents. Ransomware attack (Conti).

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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. Schneck Medical Center Compensates Patients for Losses Schneck Medical Center has also recently settled a consolidated class action lawsuit for $1.3

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Compliancy Group

MARCH 30, 2023

The 2022 Internet Crime Report has revealed alarming statistics about the rampant rise in cybercrime, making it more critical than ever to be aware of the dangers and take necessary precautions. In 2022 there were a total of 800,944 complaints, which shows a 5% decrease from 2021, but the potential total loss has increased from $6.9

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HIPAA Journal

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Ransomware attacks continue to plague the healthcare industry. Recently, cybersecurity firm Trend Micro conducted a study to investigate the impact ransomware attacks are having on healthcare organizations. Trend Micro reports that 25% of all data breaches now involve ransomware.

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Compliancy Group

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

A ransomware hack of Morley Companies Inc. The provider of business process outsourcing and meeting solutions to dozens of Fortune 500 companies revealed the ransomware hacking incident in a filing with the Office of the Maine Attorney General and a post on their website. Details of Morley Companies Ransomware Hack. Learn More!

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HIPAA Journal

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

2021 has been a tough year for the healthcare industry with huge numbers of data breaches occurring and vast numbers of healthcare records exposed as hackers stepped up their attacks on healthcare providers and ransomware actors ran riot. Due to popular demand, this January webinar is being run again on February 17, 2022. ET | 11.00

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HIPAA Journal

APRIL 28, 2023

Healthcare hacking incidents are increasing, there are new regulatory requirements and compliance initiatives due to Dobbs and Pixel use, and lawsuits against healthcare organizations over privacy violations are soaring. That surge has coincided with increases in ransom demands, paid ransoms, and ransomware recovery times.

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HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 31, 2024

In the paper, the HHS indicated it will be adopting a carrot-and-stick approach by developing voluntary Healthcare and Public Health (HPH) Sector Cybersecurity Goals (CPGs) that consist of cybersecurity measures that will have the greatest impact on security along with an update to the HIPAA Security Rule to add new cybersecurity requirements.

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HIPAA Journal

MAY 20, 2022

In April 2022, 56 data breaches of 500 or more records were reported to the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR). The average breach size in April 2022 was 38,575 records, and the median breach size was 6,546 records. Largest Healthcare Data Breaches in April 2022. Ransomware attack.

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Compliancy Group

JUNE 29, 2022

Eye Care’s myCare Integrity solution was hacked via a ransomware attack on December 4, 2021. . Eye Care then conducted a forensic exam in April of 2022. Let’s Simplify Compliance Cybersecurity and HIPAA go hand-in-hand. × HIPAA Compliance Simplified. Protect your business, become compliant today!

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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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Med-Net Compliance

JULY 12, 2022

A ransomware attack on a finance company has affected more than 600 healthcare organizations. On February 26, 2022, the company detected and stopped a sophisticated ransomware attack in which an unauthorized third party accessed and disabled some of their computer systems. Update as new information becomes available.

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Med-Net Compliance

JUNE 30, 2022

A medical center in Arizona announced it was the victim of a ransomware attack in which the attackers obtained the protected health information [PHI] of approximately 700,000 current and former patients. According to the medical center’s announcement, the attack was detected on April 25, 2022, and affected some of its IT systems.

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HIPAA Journal

MAY 2, 2024

72% of successful network intrusions involved the deployment of ransomware, 57% involved data exfiltration, and 46% saw malware installed. 27% of attacked companies paid a ransom in 2023, compared to 40% in 2022. There was also a major increase in the size of healthcare data breaches, jumping by almost 200% from 2022 to 2023, from 56.9

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Compliancy Group

JANUARY 2, 2024

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights settled thirteen cases with healthcare organizations for potential HIPAA violations. 2023 OCR Fines: Who and Why In 2023, the HHS OCR settled cases with eight covered entities and four business associates for potential HIPAA violations.

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HIPAA Journal

OCTOBER 24, 2022

A relatively new data extortion and ransomware gang known as Daixin team is actively targeting U.S. Daixin Team first appeared on the radar in June 2022, with the group predominantly conducting data extortion and ransomware attacks on organizations in the health and public health sector (HPH).

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Health Care Performance

AUGUST 16, 2022

The HIPAA Security Rule requires covered entities and business associates to complete a HIPAA Security Risk Analysis, and to periodically update it. When investigating a breach, the OCR also reviews the organization’s compliance with the HIPAA Security Rule. What’s your HIPAA breach risk tolerance?

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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. Honoring the 30-day deadline.

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Compliancy Group

MARCH 9, 2022

While February is considered the month of romance, hackers and ransomware criminals continued their love affair with other people’s protected health information (PHI). I n February 2022, there were 36 large-scale breaches reported involving 1,338,384 patients. February 2022 Healthcare Breaches and Hacking. of patients affected.

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Compliancy Group

JANUARY 27, 2022

A settlement has been reached between the plaintiffs’ attorneys and the company in the Excellus HIPAA class action lawsuit, pending judicial review. Basis of Excellus HIPAA Class Action Lawsuit. Attorneys announced the settlement on January 24, 2022, with Excellus, Lifetime Healthcare Inc., Lifetime Benefit Solutions Inc.,

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Compliancy Group

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Fiondella, Milone & LaSaracina (FML), of Glastonbury, CT, reported the hacking incident to the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights on January 14, 2022. Background of CPA HIPAA Breach. Under HIPAA regulations, this CPA HIPAA breach likely contained PHI. × HIPAA for CPAs.

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Healthcare It News

MAY 2, 2024

UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty testified on May 1 before both the House and Senate about the seismic February 21 cyberattack of UHG subsidiary Change Healthcare, which was infiltrated by the ALPHV ransomware gang. Dr. Kim Schrier, D-Washington, also asked questions about the 2022 merger, which the U.S.

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Compliancy Group

JULY 29, 2022

According to the IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report 2022, the average cost of a healthcare data breach has skyrocketed to $10.1 IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report 2022. How did the Cost of a Data Breach Report 2022 draw its conclusions? These organizations suffered data breaches between March 2021 and March 2022.

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HIPAA Journal

APRIL 20, 2023

Healthcare Data Breaches Reported in March 2023 In March, 63 breaches of 500 or more records were reported to OCR, which is a 46.51% increase from February, 6.92% more than the 12-month average, and 40% more breaches than in March 2022. Malicious actors continue to use ransomware in their attacks on healthcare organizations.

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AIHC

MARCH 12, 2024

Please read other AI articles published by the American Institute of Healthcare Compliance regarding how AI can advance quality of care, how AI is regulated, use of AI and HIPAA privacy/security, to name a few topics. The government commission for this report from Gladstone AI was made in 2022.

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Health Law RX

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is signaling that it is cracking down on healthcare organizations that fail to identify and address cybersecurity vulnerabilities as required by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA Rules).

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Healthcare Compliance Blog

APRIL 11, 2022

million individuals, reported to the US Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) data breach portal so far in 2022. In March 2022, 35 healthcare data breaches were reported to the portal, which affected almost 2.3 The largest healthcare data breach reported in March 2022 affected 318,379 victims.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 3, 2023

With the advent of ransomware-as-a-service combined with a lack of resources to investigate attacks in-house for healthcare organizations, elaborate and devastating cyber attacks against healthcare, specifically through business communication channels are likely to increase in scale and sophistication. .

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HIPAA Journal

JULY 20, 2023

In June, HIPAA-regulated entities reported 66 breaches, and while this was an improvement on the 73 breaches reported in June 2022, the month’s total is still well above the 12-month average of 58 data breaches a month. more than the daily average in 2022.

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AIHC

MARCH 12, 2024

Please read other AI articles published by the American Institute of Healthcare Compliance regarding how AI can advance quality of care, how AI is regulated, use of AI and HIPAA privacy/security, to name a few topics. The government commission for this report from Gladstone AI was made in 2022.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 4, 2023

In 2022, as cyberattacks globally rose by 38% year-on-year, healthcare became the third-most-attacked industry (behind government and education), recording an increase of 74% and reporting up to 1,463 incidents per week. Since 2018, ransomware attacks on healthcare organizations alone have cost the global economy $92 billion in downtime.

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