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Healthcare Data Breach Statistics

HIPAA Journal

The loss/theft of healthcare records and electronic protected health information dominated the breach reports between 2009 and 2015. MN Business Associate 190,000,000 Hacking/IT Incident 2 2015 Anthem Inc. IN Health Plan 78,800,000 Hacking/IT Incident 3 2023 Welltok, Inc.

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What are the Penalties for HIPAA Violations?

HIPAA Journal

In January 2021, one of the largest ever HIPAA fines was imposed on Excellus Health Plan. The settlement resolved a HIPAA case that stemmed from an investigation of a breach of the PHI of 9,358,891 individuals that was reported to OCR in 2015. Metropolitan Community Health Services dba Agape Health Services.

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Health Provider News

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Georgia trails other states in home health ratings Patient of Conyers Healthcare company says billing issues are affecting her health Piedmont Atlanta taps new chief medical officer SCA Health ASC to close, relocate operations Summit Spine opens 1st South Carolina practice Top 10 Georgia health stories for 2015 Wellstar MCG helps bridge gap in Ga.