Last year was another banner year for HIPAA data breaches reported to the Office of Civil Rights (OCR). Under HIPAA, covered entities must report to the OCR any unauthorized “acquisition, access, use, or disclosure” of protected health information (PHI).
A former patient coordinator at UPMC, a medical center in Pittsburgh, has pleaded guilty to wrongfully disclosing health information in a rare case involving criminal prosecution for violating HIPAA. The Department of Justice says Linda Sue Kalina, 61, pleaded guilty i...
A pediatric cardiologist recently sentenced to six months’ probation is serving as the latest reminder that violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”) can lead to more than civil monetary penalties and reputational damage associated...
Email fraud attacks on the healthcare sector increased by a whopping 473 percent between the first quarter of 2017 and the fourth quarter of 2017, according to a new report from Proofpoint, as reported by Health IT Security.
Another day, another data breach … this time involving a business associate in charge of medical records storage, Sharecare Health Data Services (SHDS).
AltaMed Health Services (AltaMed) and California Physicians Services (doing business as Blue Shield of California (BS...
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recently announced that 2018 was a significant year in Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) enforcement activity. Last year, OCR received approximately $28.7 mi...
