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Somnia’s $2.4 Million Data Breach Settlement Receives Final Approval

HIPAA Journal

The plaintiffs claimed that Somnia was negligent by failing to implement appropriate cybersecurity safeguards to ensure the privacy and confidentiality of the data stored on its network, did not follow industry security standards, and was not fully compliant with the HIPAA Rules. The post Somnias $2.4

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Indiana Dental Practice Experiences Ransomware Attack That Exposed PHI

Compliancy Group

Patient files, clinical and treatment information, and information related to insurance or claim information, constitute electronic protected health information (ePHI) under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Mitigate risk through a risk management plan.

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Healthcare Orgs Fined for Employing Nurses on the HHS-OIG Exclusion List

HIPAA Journal

The exclusion list was established to prevent fraud, waste, and abuse in federally funded healthcare programs.If There are many different reasons for exclusion, including fraud convictions, patient abuse and neglect, felony drug convictions, submission of false claims, and participation in illegal kickback schemes.

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2024 DOJ False Claims Act Settlements in Healthcare Recover $1.67B

Compliancy Group

A classic example is Medicare fraud. Providers who bill Medicare for services they did not actually provide and who present the bill with the knowledge that the service was not performed have committed Medicare fraud. The DOJ has focused much of its anti-fraud efforts on pursuing these cases, litigating several of them in 2024.

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When HIPAA Becomes Criminal

Healthcare IT Today

Five former employees of Methodist Hospital in Memphis, TN, including a recently-licensed Registered Nurse, were indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly selling medical information about car accident victims to personal injury attorneys and chiropractors. Harvey could receive up to 70 years in prison, pay a fine of $1.75

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Retina Group of Washington Agrees to $3.6 Million Settlement to Resolve Data Breach Lawsuit

HIPAA Journal

The hackers encrypted files and stole data such as names, addresses, telephone numbers, email addresses, dates of birth, demographic information, Social Security numbers, drivers license numbers, medical record numbers, health information, payment information, and health insurance information. Bean of Siri & Glimstad LLP.

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Laboratory Services Cooperative Breach Impacts 1.6 Million People

HIPAA Journal

Additional identifiers such as Social Security Numbers, driver’s license/state ID numbers, passport numbers, dates of birth, demographic data, student ID numbers, and other government identifiers. Million People appeared first on The HIPAA Journal. The post Laboratory Services Cooperative Breach Impacts 1.6