HIPAA Journal
APRIL 10, 2023
CommonSpirit Health has issued an update about its October 2022 ransomware attack and has confirmed that patients from 164 facilities were affected by the attack and had their sensitive data exposed or stolen. Luke’s Diagnostic Cath Lab, Diagnostic Heart Center in Houston, TX, and sent notifications to those individuals in February.
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. MultiCare Health System Affected by ransomware Attack on Mailing Vendor.
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HIPAA Journal
JUNE 8, 2023
Those files contained names, addresses, Social Security numbers, medical billing information, and financial account information. Alvaria confirmed in February that it was the victim of a Hive ransomware attack in November 2022. The delay in issuing notifications was due to the time taken to review all affected files.
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).
Medisys Compliance
APRIL 27, 2022
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was introduced in year 1996. As the name suggests, it was created to ensure that all ‘protected health information’ was appropriately secured and restricted access to be given only to authorized individuals. Get Cyber Insurance.
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HIPAA Journal
FEBRUARY 23, 2022
A review of the files on the affected server revealed they contained patient information including names, addresses, medical record numbers, dates of birth, telephone numbers, email addresses, insurance claim information, date(s) of service, treating/referring physician, medical bill account number, and/or health insurance information.
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