Civil Monetary Penalties for HIPAA Violations Increased by HHS in Line with Inflation
In accordance with the Inflation Adjustment Act, the U.S Department of Health and Human Services has [...]
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Cybersecurity Impact of COVID-19 on Working Environment Explored in Survey
Before the COVID-19 pandemic the majority of businesses permitted a portion of the workforce to dedicate some [...]
MHealth App Developers and Cloud Services Providers have New Resources made Available by OCR
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights has revealed that it has made [...]
Lack of Encryption & Other HIPAA Flaws Leads to $1m HIPAA Penalty
The HHS’ Office for Civil Rights has sanctioned a $1,040,000 HIPAA fine on Lifespan Health System [...]
CVS Pharmacy and Walgreens Break-ins Compromises PHI
CVS Pharmacy is contacting some patients to inform them that some of their personal and protected health [...]
Two Recent Cyberattacks Result in $107,000 Stolen from Kentucky Employees’ Health Plan Members
The Commonwealth of Kentucky Personnel Cabinet has revealed that two data breaches took place between late [...]
Californian Company Confirmed as HIPAA Compliant
Compliancy Group has awarded Safe Partner Inc. HIPAA Compliance status following a test where the group was [...]
HIPAA Violations Lead to Employee Dismissals in Michigan & Illinois
Two separate incidents where HIPAA has been violated have led to healthcare workers being fired from their [...]
Nigerian BEC Scammers Target Government Healthcare Agencies & COVID-19 Research Organizations
Business email compromise actors working out of Nigeria have been targeting government healthcare agencies, [...]
OCR Issues Guidance in relation to Filming and Access to Healthcare Facilities
The HHS’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has released a directive for healthcare providers to follow which [...]
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