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OCR Announces $800,000 HIPAA Settlement with Florida Health System

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has announced another settlement for alleged violations of HIPAA. OCR investigated BayCare Health System, which serves central Florida, after a...more

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Report on Patient Privacy Volume 23, Number 1. Privacy Briefs: January 2023

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Report on Patient Privacy Volume 23, no 1 (January 2023) The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) said a data breach at a Medicare subcontractor impacted the personally identifiable information and protected...more

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Report on Patient Privacy Volume 22, Number 10. Privacy Briefs: October 2022

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Report on Patient Privacy 22, no. 10 (October, 2022) - Thirty Democratic senators led by Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., have called on HHS to strengthen federal privacy protections under HIPAA to broadly restrict providers...more

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Report on Patient Privacy Volume 22, Number 2. Privacy Briefs: February 2022

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Report on Patient Privacy 22, no. 2 (February, 2022) - Tensions between the U.S. and Russia could lead to a heightened risk of Russian state-sponsored cyberattacks on U.S. interests, including health care organizations,...more

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2022 Outlook: More Dangerous Ransomware Coupled With Inadequate Security Practices

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Report on Patient Privacy 22, no. 1 (January, 2022) - As the COVID-19 pandemic enters its third year, real “security fatigue” with pandemic-related issues will combine with cybercriminals’ increasingly sophisticated...more

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Ransomware, COVID-19 and Regulations: Healthcare Entities Confront a Triple Threat

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Given what the healthcare industry faced in 2020, the seventh edition of our Data Security Incident Response (DSIR) Report, “Disruption and Transformation,” is aptly titled. As if fighting the COVID-19 pandemic weren’t enough...more

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Report on Patient Privacy Volume 20, Number 11. Privacy Briefs: November 2020

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Report on Patient Privacy 20, no. 11 (November 2020) - HHS Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health Information Technology (ONC) is giving health care organizations more time to meet new rules on information...more

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Report on Patient Privacy Volume 20, Number 6. Privacy Briefs: June 2020

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Report on Patient Privacy 20, no. 6 (June 2020): A divided Indiana Court of Appeals has reinstated a patient’s claim that a hospital is vicariously liable for the actions of a medical assistant who accessed the patient’s...more

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FBI Warns of Cyber Threat in Healthcare Sector

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The FBI is warning the healthcare sector of a new cyber threat. In a Notification issued last week, the FBI said that it is “aware of criminal actors who are actively targeting” protected healthcare information (“PHI”) and...more

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