Healthcare It News

JULY 31, 2023

Liederman has been in the trenches working to figure out how to set up network gates so skilled clinicians and other valuable healthcare staff – employees who may have simply lapsed in judgment – are helped to stop themselves from breaching HIPAA.

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HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 1, 2022

An unauthorized individual was found to have gained access to its network and downloaded files containing the protected health information of 45,785 patients. California Health Insurance Agency Suffers Data Breach Affecting 14,600 Patients.

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HIPAA Journal

JUNE 8, 2023

Names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and health insurance were impermissibly disclosed. A few days later, on April 5, 2023, SJBHR was the victim of a ransomware attack that resulted in files being encrypted on certain computer systems. Amerigroup is sending notification letters to those individuals.

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HIPAA Journal

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The list of affected individuals has yet to be finalized, but Covenant Care California has confirmed that the incident involved the following information: name, date of birth, medical information, and/or health insurance information, including diagnosis or treatment information and/or claims and billing information.

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HIPAA Journal

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Education was the most extensively targeted sector in Q3, experiencing an 18% rise in attacks, followed by government/military which saw a 20% increase. Healthcare also experienced the highest number of ransomware attacks out of any sector in Q3, with 1 in 42 healthcare organizations experiencing an attack – a 5% increase from Q3, 2021.

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HIPAA Journal

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

EHRs usually contain all the information required for multiple types of fraud, including names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, other government and state ID numbers, health data, and health insurance information. Malware, and especially ransomware, pose a significant threat to EHRs.

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HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 29, 2022

The review of the exfiltrated files determined they contained information such as names, addresses, dates of birth, medical record numbers, patient identification numbers, health insurance information, payment information, and limited clinical information. Ransomware Attack Affects 6,800 Patients of Midwest Orthopaedic Consultants.

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HIPAA Journal

AUGUST 2, 2023

The files contained information such as names, birthdates, signatures, insurance details, contact information, government identification numbers including driver’s licenses and Social Security numbers, medical history/treatment information, and financial information.

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AIHC

APRIL 10, 2024

HITECH is a critical aspect of the Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA). Since 2009, HITECH has given “teeth” to HIPAA law. What’s the difference between HIPAA and HITECH? HIPAA guarantees patients access to their paper medical records. Are all communications secure and private?

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HIPAA Journal

JULY 25, 2023

Wake Family Eye Care Suffers Ransomware Attack Wake Family Eye Care in Cary, NC, recently fell victim to a ransomware attack. The stolen files included individuals’ names, dates of birth, driver’s license information, Social Security number, medical information, and health insurance information.

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HIPAA Journal

JUNE 16, 2022

The compromised data included names, Social Security numbers, government identification numbers, financial account numbers, dates of birth, medical diagnosis or treatment information, health insurance information, and client identification numbers. Netgain Technologies reportedly paid a $2.3

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 21, 2022

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. Recent Data Breaches: – November 2022: Ransomware Hacker Steals Medibank Data on 9.7m Ransomware.

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HIPAA Journal

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

The files on the affected systems contained information such as names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, health insurance information, medical record numbers, patient account numbers, physician names, dates of service, and information related to the radiology services provided.

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AIHC

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The focus of this article is to “connect the dots” between Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA) and HITECH regarding privacy and security of electronically protected health information (ePHI). However, your organization should not address only “HIPAA” or only “HITECH”. What is “HITECH”?

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 28, 2024

The access problems were due to a ransomware attack. The post California and North Dakota Hospitals Report Cyberattacks appeared first on HIPAA Journal. The hospital used a vendor to run its patient-management tool, and the vendor subcontracted out the storage of the underlying data to another company.

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HIPAA Journal

JULY 27, 2023

Norton Healthcare has only disclosed limited information about the attack; however, the BlackCat ransomware group announced that it was behind the cyberattack and leaked some of the data stolen from Norton Healthcare on its data leak site. On July 21, 2023, a class action lawsuit was filed in U.S.

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AIHC

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The focus of this article is to “connect the dots” between Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA) and HITECH regarding privacy and security of electronically protected health information (ePHI). However, your organization should not address only “HIPAA” or only “HITECH”. What is “HITECH”?

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HIPAA Journal

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

The files on the affected systems contained information such as names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, health insurance information, medical record numbers, patient account numbers, physician names, dates of service, and information related to the radiology services provided.

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AIHC

APRIL 10, 2024

HITECH is a critical aspect of the Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA). Since 2009, HITECH has given “teeth” to HIPAA law. What’s the difference between HIPAA and HITECH? HIPAA guarantees patients access to their paper medical records. Are all communications secure and private?

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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

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Ransomware has become an epidemic, and while there are signs that attacks are leveling off or decreasing, the healthcare industry has yet to see such a dip, now being the most targeted sector. Rather than breaching networks, exfiltrating data, and then encrypting files, ransomware is not used. Editor-in-Chief, HIPAA Journal.

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Compliancy Group

JANUARY 25, 2022

With at least six weeks before final numbers are in, the Department of Health and Human Services HIPAA Breach Reporting Tool website is reporting 713 major healthcare data breaches in 2021, an increase of more than 7.5 Protected health information (PHI) from more than 45.7 Protected health information (PHI) from more than 45.7

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HIPAA Journal

JULY 3, 2023

The compromised information varied from patient to patient and may have included first and last names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers, government-issued identification numbers, health insurance information, medical conditions/diagnoses, and other health or medical information.

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HIPAA Journal

MAY 30, 2023

MCNA), which also does business as MCNA Dental – a provider of dental benefits and services for state Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Programs – has recently reported a major data breach to the Maine Attorney General that has affected 8,923,662 individuals. ElderServe Health Inc.

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HIT Consultant

MAY 9, 2023

During the month of the breach, a cybercriminal was able to access various confidential files, including patient data such as names, contact details, treatments, diagnoses, patient account numbers, their dentist’s names as well as billing details and health insurance data. million Ransomware : 3.85 percent, cost: $73.6

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HIPAA Journal

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Data compromised in the incident included names, addresses, driver’s license numbers, Social Security numbers, financial information, health insurance information, and medical information. Ransomware Attack Impacts Brasseler Patients. UF Health Shands said the individual is no longer employed by UF Health Shands.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Government mandates were an impetus for change, starting with the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, enacted as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 to “promote the adoption and meaningful use of health information technology” (Office of Civil Rights (OCR), 2017).

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Hall Render

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Ransomware attacks against hospitals put patients’ lives at risk, researchers say States, FTC continue to target noncompetes: 3 updates The best hospital in each state, per Newsweek What to know about Stark law’s $9.2M Here’s why Grady Health System recognized as health care I.T.

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Hall Render

AUGUST 4, 2023

4 Rankings show average health across Northeast Michigan MINNESOTA Essentia Health Opens $900M Replacement Hospital In Duluth, Minn. 1 CMS final rule boosts Medicare hospice payments by 3.1% To Address SDOH Needs U.S. sues UnitedHealth over ‘thousands’ of denied claims What’s a fair price for a prescription drug?

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Hall Render

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

in repairs Sutter Health faces possible $519M payout in alleged double billing case COLORADO Denver Health sued by sons after father’s jail death How a Kaiser Permanente worker strike could affect Colorado patients Kaiser names regional president Medical Office Building in Littleton Sells for $6.1M

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Compliancy Group

JANUARY 5, 2024

Traditional enforcement priorities for HHS’ Office of Civil Rights, would include enforcement of the HIPAA Privacy Rule right of access and enforcement of the HIPAA Security Rule. In 2023, OCR continued to enforce compliance with the HIPAA Privacy Rule right of access rule. So, what are our 2024 HIPAA predictions?

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Hall Render

JUNE 23, 2023

News & World Report Louisiana lawmakers regret cutting $100M from proposed state health department budget increase LDH, Hammond Police open investigations after elderly man who left behavior health facility was found dead MAINE CVS Health invests $8.4 Health system settles orthopedic False Claims allegations for $36.5M

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Hall Render

MARCH 17, 2023

NATIONAL AMA pressures federal government to fix prior authorization problem plaguing radiology AHA pushes back on new 340B alliance Biden’s $6.8T in Indiana aging-in-place work. nursing home Massachusetts hospitals spent $1.5B in Indiana aging-in-place work.

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Hall Render

APRIL 21, 2023

NATIONAL 6 health systems using GPT and AI tools 100,000 nurses left industry during the pandemic, report finds AHA backs bill to delay Medicaid DSH cuts by 2 years AHA launches info hub for healthcare quality leaders AHA opposes MedPAC recommendations to Congress on site-neutral, Part B drug, wage index policies AHA ramps up 340B protection efforts (..)

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Hall Render

MARCH 22, 2024

Banner Health to expand clinical AI to 33 hospitals, 6 states Banner reports $282.8M Nevada Medicaid must cover abortion services, judge rules Clark County health rankings improve, but physicians per capita still well below U.S. family sues hospital over life-altering injuries Calif.

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Hall Render

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Dunleavy proposes extending Medicaid coverage for new mothers ARIZONA Banner Health pays $1.25M penalty over HIPAA failures from 2016 breach Arizona nursing school at risk of losing accreditation St. million to UMass Memorial Health Care for COVID-19 costs Four Mass. billion since pandemic U.S.

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Hall Render

JULY 21, 2023

Vincent’s nurse, physician communication among top in Alabama UAB Hospital receives millions in state funds to expand ED 988 one year later: More needed to expand mental health in Alabama communities of color Alabama lawmakers hear from Pickens County on effort to re-open medical center ALASKA City OKs $8.1M

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