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Key Takeaways from OCR’s CY22 HIPAA Reports to Congress

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On February 14, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued its annual reports to Congress detailing its actions to enforce the privacy, security, and breach notification...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Privacy Briefs: January 2024

New York has released proposed cybersecurity regulations for hospitals. The regulations, which were published in The State Register on Dec. 6 and will undergo a 60-day public comment period ending on Feb. 5, are designed to...more

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Four of the Hottest Topics in Cyber Last Year

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From large-scale hacks to new rules governing cyber practices, the cyber landscape continues to become more complex. The risk for breaches is higher than ever before. The numbers support this declaration. According to the...more

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OCR Settlement of HIPAA Violation of Business Associate

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On May 16, 2023, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) through the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced a settlement of potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Decoded - Technology Law Insights, V 4, Issue 7, August 2023

You may be Entitled to Financial Compensation…for Your Data - “Without all of our writings and photos that AI companies are using to train their models, they would have nothing to sell.” Why this is important: This...more

Console and Associates, P.C.

Mount Desert Island Hospital Notifies 24,180 of Data Breach Involving Leaked Social Security Numbers

On June 30, 2023, Mount Desert Island Hospital (“MDIH”) filed a notice of data breach with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights after discovering that an unauthorized party had gained...more

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Key Takeaways from OCR’s Latest Annual HIPAA Reports to Congress

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On February 17, 2023, the US Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) released two companion reports to Congress detailing its actions in 2021 to enforce the privacy, security, and breach...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Research Compliance Volume 20, Number 3. In This Month's E-News: March 2023

Report on Research Compliance Volume 20, Number 3. February 23, 2023 - The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is planning to revise the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for...more

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Hacking Your Health: Can Your Electronic Health Record Be Hacked?

Takeaway: With ransomware attacks increasing over the past few years, healthcare organizations can expect hackers to make ransom demands while holding their computer systems hostage....more

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University Health Center Pays $875,000 in HIPAA Fines after Cyber Hack

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Oklahoma State University’s Center for Health Services recently paid $875,000 to settle potential HIPAA violations after a cyberattack resulted in the unauthorized access of its patients’ protected health information. A...more

Robinson+Cole Health Law Diagnosis

Privacy Tip – Health Care Sector Continues to Be Hit with Ransomware

According to the 2022 State of Ransomware Report issued recently by Sophos, it surveyed 5,600 IT professionals from 31 countries, including professionals in the health care sector. Those professionals in the health care...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 22, Number 6. Privacy Briefs: June 2022

Report on Patient Privacy 22, no. 6 (June, 2022) - A report from the HHS Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) found that in early 2022, ransomware groups increasingly turned to legitimate software during...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 22, Number 3. Privacy Briefs: March 2022

Report on Patient Privacy 22, no. 3 (March, 2022) - HHS said in early March that it was not aware of any specific threat to U.S. health care organizations stemming from the Russian invasion of Ukraine. “However, in the...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 22, Number 2. Privacy Briefs: February 2022

Report on Patient Privacy 22, no. 2 (February, 2022) - Tensions between the U.S. and Russia could lead to a heightened risk of Russian state-sponsored cyberattacks on U.S. interests, including health care organizations,...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

EyeMed Fined $600K for 2020 Data Breach

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On January 24, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced a settlement with EyeMed Vision Care LLC based on shortcomings in the company’s data security procedures. The problems were discovered during the state’s...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Debunking Data Privacy Myths

Data is a critical and invaluable asset of all companies. Data privacy and security concerns affect every company, industry, and consumer. Despite this, an astonishing amount of misinformation surrounding data privacy,...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

2022 Outlook: More Dangerous Ransomware Coupled With Inadequate Security Practices

Report on Patient Privacy 22, no. 1 (January, 2022) - As the COVID-19 pandemic enters its third year, real “security fatigue” with pandemic-related issues will combine with cybercriminals’ increasingly sophisticated...more

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

App-etite for Notification: FTC Says “Welcome to the Jungle” to Mobile Health App Developers in Policy Statement on Health Breach...

Last week’s news that the Federal Trade Commission is taking steps to begin rulemaking on consumer privacy and artificial intelligence drew plenty of attention from privacy professionals, and suggests 2022 could be an...more

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Cybersecurity & Data Privacy E-Note - December 2021

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Planned Parenthood Los Angeles Data Breach Coincides with Spotlight on Roe v. Wade

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According to this article, 2021 has been a “particularly dire year” for health care data breaches. So, it may not seem shocking that a hacker gained access to the protected health information of approximately 400,000...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 21, Number 11. Privacy Briefs: November 2021

Report on Patient Privacy 21, no. 11 (November, 2021) - Current and former patients of Las Vegas Cancer Center (LVCC) may have had their personal information exposed after a ransomware attack, the center said....more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

FBI: More Awareness, Due Diligence Needed To Fight China in New ‘Space Race’ for Data

Report on Patient Privacy 21, no. 10 (October, 2021) - Conducting a risk analysis is a basic tenet of security compliance, with the overarching goal of understanding where protected health information (PHI) “lives” in an...more

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Healthcare Organizations Must Deal with their Shadow Information Problem

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A myopic focus on protecting EMR (Electronic Medical Records) systems has left healthcare organizations open to shadow information risk. In a world where hackers and ransomware criminals are regularly compromising healthcare...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Medical Center Rebuilding EMR Following Ransomware Attack

Queen Creek Medical Center (QCMC), also known as Desert Wells Family Medicine, located in Arizona, has notified up to 35,000 patients of a data breach following a ransomware attack that corrupted its medical records system,...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

To Combat Cyber Crime, White House Initiative Promises Tools; Some Seek Funding, New Laws

Report on Patient Privacy 21 no. 9 (September, 2021) - As ransomware attacks become epidemic and breaches get larger, the Biden administration is partnering with private industry to bolster security and education in an...more

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