The National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) and about 3 dozen healthcare companies in 22 U.S. states filed a lawsuit against Optum, Change Healthcare, and UnitedHealth Group related to its ransomware attack and data security breach […]
In June 2024, 47 data breaches involving 500 and up healthcare records were reported to the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR). This is the lowest number of breaches from October 2023 to date. Data […]
The debt collection company Financial Business and Consumer Solutions (FBCS) recently informed the Maine Attorney General that a February 2024 breach that was earlier reported as impacting 1,955,385 persons has more than doubled the number […]
Social media HIPAA violation examples are most often attributable to healthcare workers impermissibly disclosing facts about patients on social media or posting images and videos without a patient’s authorization. Because these events can result in […]
The prosthetics and orthotics firm based in Jackson, TN known as Human Technology Inc., and its associates Murphy’s Orthopedic & Footcare, Greer Orthotics & Prosthetics, and Hi-Tech Prosthetics & Orthotics were impacted by a data […]
Pennsylvania revised its data breach notification regulation, limiting the meaning of personal information, including the need to alert the state Attorney General, and the provision of credit monitoring services to victims of data breaches victims […]
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has recommended the first federal workplace heat standard to safeguard millions of people in America from the health threats connected with exposure to intense […]
The number of reported healthcare data breaches dropped to its lowest for the second month since October 2023. May had 51 data breaches with 500 and up breached healthcare records reported to OCR. This number […]
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