HIPAA News Updates

Email Account Breaches Reported by Newman Regional Health and Contra Costa County

• Posted on 21st April 2022

Newman Regional Health (NRH), which runs a 25-bed critical access hospital situated in Emporia, KS, has of late commenced notifying 52,224 people that unauthorized folks have obtained access to a few employee email accounts comprising protected health information (PHI). NRH…

The Protecting and Transforming Cyber Health Care (PATCH) Act Unveiled to Boost Medical Device Cybersecurity

• Posted on 7th April 2022

Two bipartisan senators have presented the Protecting and Transforming Cyber Health Care (PATCH) Act which seeks to increase the security of medical devices. Vulnerabilities are usually discovered in medical devices that can likely be taken advantage of by threat actors…

New HIPAA Regulations in 2021

• Posted on 7th January 2022

Although the changes to HIPAA regulations in 2021 were not much, new laws were introduced that are associated with the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, with regards to cybersecurity, patient access to medical information, and HIPAA enforcement. 2021 HIPAA Safe…

HIPAA Violation News

Escalation in Class Action Lawsuits After Healthcare Data Breaches

• Posted on 13th April 2022

The law agency BakerHostetler has publicized its 8th Annual Data Security Incident Response (DSIR) Report, which gives information based upon 1,270 data security incidents handled by the agency in 2021. 23% of those occurrences involved data security incidents at healthcare…

DOJ Settles Civil Cyber Fraud Initiative Case with CHS and Charge a $930,000 Penalty

• Posted on 17th March 2022

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced the settlement reached with the healthcare services provider, Comprehensive Health Services (CHS) based in Cape Canaveral, FL to resolve alleged False Claims Act violations. This is the first settlement reported under the…

New Mexico Hospital Faces Class Action Lawsuit Due to 2020 Data Breach

• Posted on 9th December 2021

A class-action lawsuit has been filed against San Juan Regional Medical Center located in Farmington, New Mexico over a reported data breach in June 2021. Based on the breach investigation, an unauthorized person acquired access to its system and exfiltrated…

Healthcare Cybersecurity News

Illinois Gastroenterology Group and the Mental Health Center of Greater Manchester Report Hacking Incidents

• Posted on 12th May 2022

Illinois Gastroenterology Group just reported that unauthorized people obtained access to its computer system and possibly accessed and exfiltrated sensitive patient data. The group detected the cyberattack on October 22, 2021 due to suspicious activity seen in its computer system.…

Five Eyes Agencies Tell Critical Infrastructure Orgs Concerning Risk of Russian State-Sponsored and Criminal Cyberattacks

• Posted on 28th April 2022

The five eyes cybersecurity agencies have just released a joint security advisory concerning the threat of cyberattacks on critical infrastructure conducted by Russian nation-state threat actors and pro-Russia cybercriminal groups. Intelligence obtained by the agencies reveals the Russian government has…

Data Breach Reports Submitted by New Jersey Brain and Spine, Highmark Inc. and Dialyze Direct

• Posted on 24th March 2022

New Jersey Brain and Spine (NJBS) has lately reported it suffered a cyberattack on or approximately November 16, 2021, that encrypted data files on its system. NJBS mentioned it promptly took steps to safeguard its network and involved a computer…

Healthcare Data Security News

Password Security and Management Recommendations

• Posted on 6th May 2022

Creating and recalling long, difficult passwords is problematic for a lot of people, and it is made even more challenging as a result of the need to produce passwords to secure several accounts - A research by NordPass indicates the…

Law Enforcement Health Benefits and Oklahoma City Indian Clinic Encounter Ransomware Attacks

• Posted on 31st March 2022

Oklahoma City Indian Clinic Cyberattack Reported Oklahoma City Indian Clinic (OKCIC), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit provider of healthcare services to approximately 20,000 individuals from 200 Native American tribes based in Oklahoma, just published on its web page and social media pages…

Data Breaches Reported by North Shore University Hospital, PracticeMax and Ascension Michigan

• Posted on 10th March 2022

North Shore University Hospital (NSUH) in Manhasset, NY has announced an incident involving an ex-employee gaining access to protected health information (PHI) with no authorization. 7,614 patients received notifications that a former employee accessed some of their PHI without authorization.…