Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 7, 2025

Proposed Changes Require Strong Cybersecurity The newly proposed changes to the 2013 HIPAA Security Rule published yesterday in the U.S. Following federal rulemaking procedures, the proposed HIPAA Security Rule from the U.S.

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HIPAA Journal

MAY 18, 2023

The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights is the main enforcer of HIPAA compliance; however, state Attorneys General also play a role in enforcing compliance with the Rules of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). million individuals and for delayed breach notifications.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 25, 2024

UnitedHealth Group’s technology unit, Change Healthcare, is currently facing an ongoing ransomware attack which has reverberated through healthcare systems and affected prescription deliveries. Phishing attacks, a common vector for ransomware infections, often exploit human vulnerabilities through deceptive emails and other communications.

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Compliancy Group

JANUARY 3, 2025

In 1998, when the HIPAA Security Rule was first proposed, some of these terms did not exist. Since 2013, when the Security Rule was last updated, threat actor activity has become more and more common in the healthcare sector, where opportunities for bad actors to cause disruption through hacking, ransomware, malware, and other means abound.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 20, 2025

The HIPAA Journal has compiled healthcare data breach statistics from October 2009, when the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) started publishing summaries of healthcare data breaches on its website. This page is regularly updated to reflect the latest healthcare data breach statistics.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 19, 2021

Nor was it HIPAA-compliant, a major concern. "The HIPAA waivers for telehealth implemented during the pandemic were critical for the widespread adoption of telehealth," said Dr. Nimish Shah, cofounder of Progressive Therapeutics. "Last year, ransomware attacks cost the healthcare industry $20.8 " PROPOSAL.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 11, 2022

The report includes healthcare data breaches reported to regulators, as well as data breaches that have been reported in the media, incidents that have not been disclosed by the breached entity, and data breaches involving healthcare data at non-HIPAA-regulated entities. The data for the report was provided by databreaches.net.

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