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HIPAA 2024 Year in Review – Ransomware, Risk Analysis, and Right of Access Remedies

Compliancy Group

In 2024, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights announced a series of enforcement actions against entities that violated, or potentially violated, one or more HIPAA rules. This HIPAA 2024 Year in Review article discusses these actions. Monitor and safeguard its health information systems activity.

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An Overview of Healthcare Compliance Laws and Regulations

Compliancy Group

Federal healthcare compliance involves following regulations that cover various aspects of healthcare delivery, including treatments, prescribing medications, maintaining electronic medical records (EMRs), and protecting communication technologies from cyber threats and attacks.

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Capital Region Medical Center and Labette Health Announce Potential PHI Breaches

HIPAA Journal

CRMC said at this stage of the investigation it does not appear that the attackers gained access to its electronic medical record database; however, the files accessed or potentially accessed by the attackers included information such as patient names, addresses, birth dates, medical information, and health insurance information.

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Dental Health Management Solutions Notified Patients About Historic Data Breach

HIPAA Journal

The types of information exposed varied from individual to individual and may have included names, addresses, medical information, health insurance information, Medicaid identification numbers, driver’s licenses, account and routing numbers, and Social Security numbers.

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Fertility Centers of Illinois Proposes $450,000 Settlement to Resolve Data Breach Lawsuit

HIPAA Journal

It should be noted that the HIPAA Breach Notification Rule requires the HHS and affected individuals to be notified about breaches of protected health information within 60 days of the discovery of a data breach. The investigation of the breach took six months, but it then took a further four months for affected individuals to be notified.

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Patient Data Exposed in Laptop Theft Incidents

HIPAA Journal

When employees are dismissed, their network account, email, and access to clinical systems and electronic medical records are terminated, as was the case with this dismissal; however, some patient data was stored on the laptop. The post Patient Data Exposed in Laptop Theft Incidents appeared first on HIPAA Journal.

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Security Breaches in Healthcare in 2023

HIPAA Journal

In the paper, the HHS indicated it will be adopting a carrot-and-stick approach by developing voluntary Healthcare and Public Health (HPH) Sector Cybersecurity Goals (CPGs) that consist of cybersecurity measures that will have the greatest impact on security along with an update to the HIPAA Security Rule to add new cybersecurity requirements.