HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Ransomware remains one of the most serious threats to the healthcare industry. The ransomware gang assumes that prior to the appointment, the doctor will open the file to check the patient’s records, and will install malware that will provide access to their device. Telemedicine Providers Targeted.

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Healthcare It News

MAY 13, 2024

The Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center issued a threat alert Friday about the Russia-backed ransomware group Black Basta, warning of its accelerated attempted attacks against the healthcare sector. However, staff at local Ascension hospitals cannot page doctors.

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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. The ransomware attack has proven to be incredibly costly for Scripps Health. The post Scripps Health Proposes $3.5M

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 4, 2023

More ransomware attacks targeted healthcare in 2022 than any other critical infrastructure sector, according to the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3). However, there are gaps where more can be done to better protect against ransomware. Thus, training must become standard in order to better protect the industry at large.

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HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 6, 2023

The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) has shared information on the Clop (Cl0p) ransomware-as-a-service operation, the affiliates of which are known to conduct attacks on the healthcare and public health (HPH) sector. Clop ransomware was first detected in February 2019 and is the successor to CryptoMix ransomware.

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HIPAA Journal

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Over the Labor Day weekend, Oakbend Medical Center in Richmond, TX, suffered a ransomware attack. Disruption is continuing to be experienced, and there have been temporary communication issues for patients, vendors, doctors, and administrators; however, at no point was patient safety at risk and the medical center continued to operate.

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HIPAA Journal

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Several class action lawsuits have been filed against Regal Medical Group and affiliated healthcare providers following the February 1, 2023, announcement that the protected health information (PHI) of up to 3,300,638 individuals had potentially been stolen in a December 2022 ransomware attack. and Affiliated Doctors of Orange County.

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Compliancy Group

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

This is the first ransomware agreement OCR has reached. The Attack and the Settlement After filing a breach report with OCR in 2019 reporting a ransomware attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 206,695 patients, the OCR launched an investigation into the BA’s HIPAA compliance.

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HIPAA Journal

MAY 9, 2023

NextGen Healthcare is an Atlanta, GA-based provider of electronic health records and practice management solutions to doctors and ambulatory care providers. In January 2023 , NextGen was added to the data leak site of the BlackCat ransomware group, although the listing was later taken down.

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HIT Consultant

MAY 10, 2023

State of the Industry The healthcare industry is a particularly attractive target for ransomware for two main reasons. For many organizations in other verticals, ransomware may be a “pay up or go offline” situation. The effects of a ransomware attack are far more useful for criminals when actual lives are on the line.

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HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 31, 2024

which does business as PJ&A NV Business Associate 8,952,212 Hackers access to its network between March 27, 2023, and May 2, 2023 Managed Care of North America (MCNA) GA Business Associate 8,861,076 Ransomware attack with data leak (LockBit ransomware group) Welltok, Inc.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The following is a guest article by Dotty Bollinger, JD, Healthcare Compliance Consultant, Compliancy Group The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) reached a settlement with Doctors’ Management Services after the healthcare vendor succumbed to a ransomware attack.

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HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Doctors’ Center Hospital in Puerto Rico suffered a ransomware attack that exposed the protected health information of up to 1,195,220 patients. Major ransomware attacks were also reported by the Michigan-based prosthetics and orthotics provider, Wright & Filippis, and Health Care Management Solutions in West Virginia.

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HIPAA Journal

JULY 25, 2022

The attack also disrupted its phone system, with doctors forced to leave the premises to make phone calls. Tenet did not publicly release details of the attack, such as if it involved ransomware. For example, the ransomware attack on Scripps Health that affected 5 hospitals and 19 outpatient facilities cost Scripps Health $112.7

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HIPAA Journal

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Ransomware attack. Ransomware attack. Ransomware attack at a business associate. Ransomware attack. Country Doctor Community Clinic. Ransomware attack. Wolfe Clinic, P.C. Healthcare Provider. Hacking incident at its EHR provider (Eye Care Leaders). Empress Ambulance Service LLC. Healthcare Provider.

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HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 24, 2023

Multiple studies have identified an increase in mortality rates at hospitals following ransomware attacks and other major cyber incidents. million records in 2021 due to a ransomware attack. The majority of those breaches were hacking incidents, many of which involved ransomware or attempted extortion.

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Compliancy Group

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Failure to have endpoint protection systems in place can cripple an organization if a ransomware attack allows an unauthorized party to access a network and corrupt data. During ransomware attacks, hackers can access medical records and encrypt patient files. But this practice just perpetuates the cycle of ransomware attacks. .

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 21, 2022

It has repercussions on patients, doctors, hospitals, and everything associated with the healthcare ecosystem. The key challenges faced by the industry include Data Breaches, Ransomware, Extensive use of Mobile Applications without proper ways to perform Authentication and Authorization and Lack of Healthcare Data Interoperability.

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Health Law RX

DECEMBER 21, 2023

On October 31, 2023, OCR issued its first settlement agreement under the HIPAA Rules related to a ransomware attack (the Ransomware Settlement ) and on December 7, 2023, its first settlement under the HIPAA Rules arising from a phishing cyber-attack (the Phishing Settlement ).

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Ransomware continues to be a scourge on the healthcare industry. Key to defending against ransomware is anomaly detection, the ability to identify unexpected events that occur outside the norm. based doctors reporting signs of burnout, changes must be made to healthcare systems to address this epidemic in order to protect their staff.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 27, 2021

"The indictment states that doctors approved the prescriptions without knowing that the defendants were massively marking up the prices of the invalidly prescribed drugs, which the defendants then billed to private insurance carriers," wrote the Justice Department in an October 2018 press release.

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Hall Render

APRIL 19, 2024

Cedars Leads Latest Round Of Funding In Yolo County, 16,000 Medi-Cal patients lose doctors in Dignity Health dispute with Partnership HealthPlan Kaiser med school names CEO Kaiser Permanente launches food-is-medicine hub Kaiser, Vizient target healthcare greenhouse gas emissions L.A. Can lawmakers do anything about it?

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HIT Consultant

JUNE 30, 2023

Hospitals, doctors and other care providers need to have as much data and information readily available to use to treat patients and save lives; while at the same time keeping this sensitive information secure. This is especially true when it comes to ransomware attacks. At the same time, human lives are increasingly at risk.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Growing patient discomfort in sharing health information Beyond health system disruptions such as ransomware that can compromise patient data , cybercriminals are increasingly going after individual patients. Some know they have a "target" on their backs and remain tight-lipped with their healthcare providers, said Liederman.

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HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 23, 2022

OneTouch Point – Ransomware Attack Involving 4.11 Hackers had gained access to its network and used ransomware to encrypt files, with that information also potentially stolen in the attack. Professional Finance Company – Ransomware Attack Involving 1.92 Doctors’ Center Hospital – Ransomware Attack Involving 1.2

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HIPAA Journal

MAY 8, 2023

While the Clop threat group conducts ransomware attacks, ransomware was not used in these attacks. Like the attacks that exploited a vulnerability in the Accellion File Transfer Appliance (FTA) in 2021, the group opted for data theft and extortion with no file encryption.

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Compliancy Group

JANUARY 2, 2024

Ransomware and hacking are still the primary cyber threats in healthcare. According to the HHS, over the past four years, there has been a 239% increase in large breaches reported to OCR involving hacking and a 278% increase in ransomware. Those breaches affected a staggering 109,405,318 patients, an increase of 98.9%

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 28, 2024

The access problems were due to a ransomware attack. The attacker was discovered to have accessed patient data, including names, medical record numbers, dates of birth, and clinical information such as allergies, diagnoses, medications, and doctors’ notes.

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Compliancy Group

JANUARY 8, 2024

2023 was also a year of Security Rule enforcement firsts – the first settlement over a phishing breach, the first settlement over a ransomware breach, and the first settlement over improper use of online tracking technology. DMS was the victim of a ransomware attack that affected the ePHI of approximately 200,000 individuals.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

DDoS attacks, which are often combined with ransomware, have surged in the last couple years, and now comprise over half of all security incidents. Ransomware and other cyberthreats render the infrastructure or broadband access of critical hospital services unusable. DDoS Attacks Continue to Make Headlines.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

The manual logging of patient records is resulting in piles of paper documentation, which doctors are saying could take months to input into the online system once it’s restored. Over 20 days have passed since the health services’ cloud provider was attacked by ransomware.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Panelists also emphasized the importance of security, which has loomed large in a year of ransomware attacks on hospitals and healthcare systems. " When it comes to using VA telehealth, he said, he enjoyed speaking to his doctor via video. Are we using that data in the service of the patient?" is, we've failed.

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HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 22, 2024

Healthcare staff and anyone handling PHI need to be trained to recognize and deal with cybersecurity risks such as phishing, ransomware, and other cyber attacks. This training helps them identify potential threats and teaches them how to respond effectively to protect patient data.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 21, 2022

In this interconnected world, patients could spread ransomware or other types of malware to their providers. Patients who are monitored or managed at home using a health system's technology likely do not have such strict safeguards in place. The physician would have had less information to support their decision.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Applications can assist with scheduling appointments, virtual doctor visits, accessing medical records and conducting tests down to the most complex AI-powered technologies such as medical imaging.

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Hall Render

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

ALABAMA American Family Care opens new health care center in Northeast Birmingham doctors secure $13.9M Here’s why Ransomware gang reportedly selling Prospect Medical patient data Ransomware attack not the only headache for Prospect Medical Ridgecrest Regional Hospital receives $5.5

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

However, with billions of connected devices, the security of IoT devices in the healthcare industry has become a major concern, as cyber threats like data breaches and ransomware attacks can compromise sensitive medical information. billion and is expected to grow to more than USD 190 billion by 2028.

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