HIPAA Journal

AUGUST 2, 2023

Notification letters will be sent to the affected individuals in the coming weeks and credit monitoring, fraud consultation, and identity theft restoration services will be offered. The breach was recently reported to the Maine Attorney General as affecting up to 170,450 individuals.

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Licensing Electronic Medical Records Ransomware Health Insurance 72

HIPAA Journal

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Azura Vascular Care said individuals who had sensitive information exposed such as Social Security numbers have been offered complimentary identity protection, credit monitoring, and fraud resolution services. Data exfiltration is common in ransomware attacks, but no evidence of data theft was identified during the forensic investigation.

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Ransomware Electronic Medical Records Licensing Health Insurance 82

HIPAA Journal

APRIL 15, 2022

The incident involved the exposure and potential theft of the protected health information of 318,400 patients, including names, addresses, birth dates patient account numbers, medical record numbers, health insurance information, testing, diagnostic, treatment, and claims information.

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Electronic Medical Records HIPAA Health Insurance Fraud 115

HIPAA Journal

MARCH 8, 2023

Paul Hoffman – has had his access to the electronic medical record system terminated. No financial information, driver’s license numbers, or Social Security numbers were viewed. Asante said it is now investigating how to improve the detection of unauthorized medical record access by its staff.

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Electronic Medical Records Doctors Fraud Licensing 73

Provider Trust

JULY 25, 2022

To eliminate fraud in your health ecosystem, you must stay compliant with federal and state requirements for referring and ordering physicians. While your electronic medical record (EMR) will have some data relating to practitioners, these systems can become out-of-date quickly if not regularly maintained and updated.

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HIPAA Journal

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

in Iowa has recently confirmed that it was affected by the data breach at the electronic medical record provider, Eye Care Leaders. Wolfe Clinic used the myCare Integrity medical records platform, which was accessed by an unauthorized party on or around December 4, 2021, who deleted databases and system configuration files.

Electronic Medical Records 75

Electronic Medical Records Ransomware Fraud HIPAA 75

Hall Render

OCTOBER 7, 2022

University of Florida, Jupiter Medical Center to build hospital. Local Jax health care provider settles fraud allegations by paying $700,000. Atlanta Medical Center ER will close in 2 weeks, Wellstar announces. Million Health Care Fraud. Burien doctor caught performing unauthorized plastic surgeries, loses license.

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