The HIPAA Journal

MAY 6, 2024

Continuum identified unauthorized activity within its network on October 19, 2023, and after taking steps to secure its systems, third-party cybersecurity specialists were engaged to identify the suspicious activity. No financial information or Social Security numbers were present in the file.

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The HIPAA Journal

APRIL 26, 2024

diagnosis/condition, treatment, test results, medications), and/or health plan information. The breach was detected on June 20, 2023, and it was determined that patient data may have been accessed or acquired by the unauthorized third party, although no specific evidence of data access or data theft was identified.

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The HIPAA Journal

OCTOBER 29, 2024

When diagnoses are reported only using enrollees’ HRAs and HRA-linked chart reviews and there are no follow-up visits, procedures, or tests, HHS-OIG is concerned that the diagnoses may be inaccurate and therefore the payments made by the CMS may be improper. In fiscal year 2023, the CMS identified $12.7

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The HIPAA Journal

MARCH 29, 2024

OCR recently announced that due to the impact of the Change Healthcare ransomware attack, the decision had been taken to investigate Change Healthcare promptly to establish whether it was compliant with the HIPAA Rules. UnitedHealth Provides $2.5B The Blackcat ransomware attack caused an outage that has lasted for almost 2 weeks.

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The HIPAA Journal

OCTOBER 30, 2024

An investigation was launched by the Office of the New York Attorney General (OAG) following an intrusion of Albany ENT & Allergy Services’ network by two different threat actors between March 23, 2023, and April 4, 2023. The first intrusion involved ransomware and was discovered on March 27, 2023, when files were encrypted.

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The HIPAA Journal

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Valleygate Dental Surgery Centers Valleygate Dental Surgery Centers of Charlotte, Fayetteville, and the West in North Carolina, have provided an update on a cyberattack that was detected on November 17, 2023. The intrusion was detected on March 9, 2023, when ransomware was used to encrypt files.

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Pulmonology Advisor - Practice Management

AUGUST 2, 2024

This prospect gives fresh urgency to questions such as what uses of patient data should be permissible, who should own the data, and how secure the data are against violations of privacy, including those covered by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). 9,10 “They don’t want a robot making decisions,” he said.

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