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 9, 2022

The forensic investigation found no evidence to suggest any of that information was viewed or downloaded, and no reports have been received of any instances of actual or attempted misuse of the data. Platinum Hospitalists Discovers Phishing Attack and Data Breach.

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Licensing HIPAA Health Insurance Hospitals 133

HIPAA Journal

OCTOBER 7, 2022

On August 5, 2022, Anthem discovered that an unauthorized individual had gained access to a database and downloaded files containing plan members’ protected health information, including names, addresses, dates of birth, phone numbers, email addresses, Medicare ID numbers, and Medicaid ID numbers.

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HIPAA Health Insurance Medicaid Medicaid 114

Health Populi

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Holding health care back is the lack of digitization in general, and then the under-investment in user-centered design to engage and then retain patients beyond an initial download or visit to a patient portal. Claims — that’s the paper-based workflow that eats up some of the $billion U.S.

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Electronic Medical Records Health Insurance Medicaid Medicaid 174

HIPAA Journal

JULY 3, 2024

The file review confirmed that the exposed data included first and last name, address, phone number, email address, birth date, gender, Social Security number, medical record number, clinical information, prescription information, medical information, health information, and health insurance information.

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Ransomware Health Insurance Hospitals HIPAA 126

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The ministry collaborated with the Health Development Policy Agency and the Data and Information Center to put up the said portal, which provides access to information including those related to COVID-19 and national surveys like the Indonesian Nutrition Status Survey, Basic Health Research and Health Facilities Research.

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Governance COVID-19 Hospitals Doctors 181

HIPAA Journal

APRIL 1, 2022

Last week, SRHD confirmed that the email account contained the protected health information of 1,260 individuals. That information may have been ‘previewed’ by an unauthorized individual, although no evidence was found to suggest information had been accessed or downloaded.

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Fraud HIPAA Licensing Health Insurance 141

HIPAA Journal

JUNE 29, 2022

At the time of writing, the stolen data is still available for download. Hive Ransomware Threat Group Attacks Health Information Management Service Provider. The attack was detected on February 25, 2022, and steps were immediately taken to contain the attack.

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Ransomware Hospitals HIPAA Health Insurance 139

HIPAA Journal

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

During that time the third party downloaded a file that contained patient data. Financial information, contact information, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, health insurance information, or medical information were not accessed or stolen in the attack.

Medical Billing 112

Medical Billing HIPAA Health Insurance 112

HIPAA Journal

APRIL 18, 2022

numbers, financial account numbers, passport numbers, medical information, and/or health insurance information. While unauthorized email account access was confirmed, it was not possible to tell if any emails or attachments in the accounts had been viewed or downloaded.

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Licensing HIPAA Health Insurance Hospitals 129

Compliancy Group

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Importance of HIPAA Documentation Adherence to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is central to safeguarding protected health information (PHI). Software for Managing HIPAA Documents Staying on top of all your documents while maintaining HIPAA compliance is a full-time job.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 10, 2022

The files exfiltrated from its systems included the protected health information of patients. Assisted by a third-party cybersecurity firm, APTG determined on January 7, 2022, that files containing the protected health information of 14,970 patients may have been exfiltrated from its network between December 23, 2021, and December 28, 2021.

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Ransomware Licensing Health Insurance HIPAA 140

Health Populi

JULY 24, 2023

In the program’s FAQs, one question clearly addresses this, transparently and in layperson’s terms: Q: “Do I need health insurance to use GNC Health?” ” A: “Nope — insurance isn’t needed or accepted.” Cost, cost, cost, cost, and cost — above quality of care.

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Health Insurance Medical Billing Licensing HIPAA 118

HIPAA Journal

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

For patients, the affected information included name, address, email, phone number(s), birth date, Social Security number, driver’s license number, health insurance policy information, treatment information including radiographic images, medical record number, account number, and health conditions.

Licensing 107

Licensing Ransomware Health Insurance HIPAA 107

HIPAA Journal

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

New York-Presbyterian Hospital has recently announced that unauthorized individuals gained access to one of its servers and attempted to download sensitive data. The security system detected the intrusion on September 8, 2022, and successfully blocked the attempted download. The electronic record system was unaffected.

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Ransomware Health Insurance Fraud HIPAA 81

HIPAA Journal

MAY 17, 2022

The review of the files revealed they mostly contained protected health information such as names, addresses, medical information, and/or health insurance information. Notification letters have now been sent to the 28,024 patients whose protected health information has potentially been compromised.

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Health Insurance Licensing Ransomware HIPAA 94

HIPAA Journal

MARCH 1, 2022

La Posada at Park Centre, a retirement community in Sahuarita, AZ, has recently notified 812 individuals that some of their protected health information was exposed and potentially compromised in a cyberattack that occurred on December 10, 2021.

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Ransomware Licensing HIPAA Health Insurance 145

Health Populi

AUGUST 5, 2021

Nearly one-half of consumers said the pandemic compelled them to support provider sharing of data, 4 in 10 people embraced downloading data to apps, and one-third supported government standards to improve patient matching. Patients in the U.S.

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COVID-19 Federal Policy Doctors Public Health 118

HIPAA Journal

MARCH 19, 2025

During the two months, it is possible that emails and attachments were downloaded from the account. On February 17, 2025, external cybersecurity experts confirmed that an unauthorized third party accessed the email account between November 13 and November 17, 2024, Emails and attachments may have been viewed or downloaded during that time.

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Licensing Telemedicine HIPAA Health Insurance 70

HIPAA Journal

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

The compromised information included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers or state IDs, medical treatment information, and health insurance information. Mulkay said it has enhanced its technical safeguards to prevent similar incidents in the future.

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Ransomware Licensing Health Insurance HIPAA 114

HIPAA Journal

APRIL 7, 2023

Access to the device was gained through a remote access application, which was downloaded to the device on February 28, 2023. The files potentially accessed or obtained included names, dates of birth, medical treatment information, health insurance information, and, for a limited number of individuals, Social Security numbers.

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Doctors HIPAA Hospitals Health Insurance 13

HIPAA Journal

JUNE 1, 2023

The files potentially viewed or stolen included names, addresses, dates of birth, health insurance information, medical record numbers, and some health information. A review was conducted to determine if any files had potentially been downloaded to the laptop that could have been accessed.

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Hospitals Electronic Medical Records HIPAA Health Insurance 105

HIPAA Journal

MARCH 21, 2022

As previously reported on this site, JDC Healthcare Management detected malware within its IT network on or around August 9, 2021, with the forensic investigation into the security breach confirming the malware was downloaded onto its systems on July 27, 2021. Further information on the data breach has now been obtained.

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Ransomware Licensing HIPAA Health Insurance 111

HIPAA Journal

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

While the investigation into the breach is ongoing, Edgepark Medical Supplies was informed that the files potentially accessed included names, email addresses, phone numbers, provider information, diagnoses, expected delivery dates, and health insurance information. The breach was confined to Rise Interactive’s systems.

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HIPAA Health Insurance 103

Jane Sarashon

OCTOBER 12, 2022

I collaborated with GoodRx on a “yellow paper” discussing The Health Consumers as Payer , with implications and calls-to-action for pharma and life science companies. You can download the paper at this link. The post The Patient as Prescription Drug Payer – The GoodRx Playbook appeared first on HealthPopuli.com.

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Medical Billing Health Insurance COVID-19 59

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Alissa Knight , an expert on hacking and cybersecurity, conducted this research by first downloading 30 mHealth apps in collaboration with the companies, to do penetration testing of their apps and APIs. While a social security number can fetch $1 by a data evil-doer, a credit card can score $110, and a full medical record as much as $1,000.

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HIPAA Health Insurance Doctors Hospitals 118

HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 1, 2023

Throughout the text of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) a lot of content connects HIPAA law and employers. This involves implementing safeguards similar to those required by HIPAA to maintain the privacy and security of individually identifiable health information.

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HIPAA Compliance Health Insurance 107

HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 7, 2022

The review of those files revealed they contained information such as names, Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers, government-issued ID numbers, financial information, medical information, and health insurance information. Notification letters started to be sent to affected individuals on November 18, 2022.

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COVID-19 Vaccine COVID-19 Department of Veterans Affairs Licensing 103

HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 27, 2023

The data potentially accessed included names, birth dates, Social Security numbers, financial information, driver’s license numbers, biometric information, diagnosis and treatment information, and health insurance information. UCHealth’s email, electronic health records, and internal files were not impacted.

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Ransomware HIPAA Fraud Licensing 107

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 12, 2024

Federal guidelines like the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) outline the responsibility of healthcare providers when it comes to creating, analyzing, and distributing Protected Health Information (PHI). Staff may be asked to click on a link or download an email attachment containing malicious software.

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US Department of Health and Human Services Ransomware Health Insurance HIPAA 124

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 30, 2023

The IIJA defines "unserved" as homes that lack access to broadband at 25 megabits per second download and 3 Mbps upload. . 'Show me the money' Every state has a broadband office that is responsible for dispersing funds to unserved and underserved communities.

Governance 153

Governance Hospitals Health Insurance 153

HIPAA Journal

APRIL 19, 2023

The latter includes a unique Medtronic Diabetes user identifier, unique numbers attributed to each instance the InPen App is downloaded to a particular device, and identifiers tied to a mobile device such as a MAID, IDFA, AAID, and/or IDFV.

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HIPAA Health Insurance 113

Compliancy Group

JUNE 29, 2022

The intruder accessed compromised information, including name, address, phone numbers, health insurance information, and medical information related to eye care services – protected health information. Download the free cybersecurity eBook to get tips on protecting your patient information. Email addresses.

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Ransomware Electronic Medical Records HIPAA Health Insurance 98

Compliancy Group

JANUARY 31, 2025

Ascension Health In another large-scale ransomware attack, Ascension Health was targeted by a Black Basta attack. The attack started when an employee downloaded a malicious file, allowing threat actors to access the health systems servers. As a result, 5,599,699 patients were affected.

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Ransomware HIPAA Medicare Medicare 52

MedTrainer

JULY 25, 2024

Adhering to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) standards is crucial to uphold compliance and regulatory requirements for any health organization. This act safeguards patients’ protected health information (PHI) and health plans and defines security and privacy regulations regarding patient data.

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HIPAA Compliance Health Insurance Fraud 52

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Simply open a mobile app and download the report to your smartphone. In Europe, this is GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), in America, it’s HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act). Doctors remotely manage patient data without being tied to a specific medical facility.

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Electronic Medical Records Doctors HIPAA Hospitals 126

HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

These days, it’s not enough to offer a competitive salary and traditional benefits like health insurance and a 401k. DaaS providers might have a dedicated mobile device management team to help companies install and manage software that can… – Restrict app access and downloads. – Remotely lock or wipe devices.

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Licensing Health Insurance 98