The HIPAA Journal
APRIL 17, 2025
The physical therapist was employed by KU Health and accessed patient records even though he had no affiliation with the plastic surgery clinic and did not have a treatment relationship with any of the patients. The first unauthorized access occurred in February 2021 and continued until February 2023.
The HIPAA Journal
JULY 5, 2024
Samaritan Health Services Samaritan Health Services in Oregon has announced that a physician who worked at its Lebanon Community Hospital may have accessed the protected health information of patients without authorization. An investigation was launched in November 2023, when unauthorized access was suspected.
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The Healthcare Blog
MAY 30, 2024
BlackCat was also responsible for 2021’s Colonial Pipeline shutdown and several attacks on health care organizations throughout 2023. hospitals suffered financial consequences from the incident and 74% experienced a direct impact on patient care. A staggering 94% of U.S. It’s not necessarily a matter of cybersecurity spending.
The HIPAA Journal
JULY 5, 2024
Suspicious activity was detected in an employee’s email account on November 3, 2023, and after securing the account, a forensic investigation was launched to determine the nature and scope of the activity. A comprehensive review was then initiated to determine the individuals affected and the types of data involved.
Healthcare Law Insights blog
JULY 7, 2023
A handful of FCA circuit court decisions issued in 2023 are noteworthy as well. The relator sued several pharmacies claiming they instructed their employees to misrepresent who they worked for when seeking medication prior authorizations and by falsifying patient records to procure prior authorization. Piacentile v.
Arkenea
AUGUST 16, 2024
HCA Healthcare In July 2023, a Tennessee hospital and clinic operator was breached by threat actors who obtained and removed data from an external storage location containing formatted emails and calendar reminders for patients. Examples of Healthcare Cyberattacks 1.
Practice Index
AUGUST 29, 2024
Alarm as practices lose income for residential care patients The IGPM has reported that practices are discovering huge errors in the number of residential care home patients recorded on official systems. In one practice, the gap between the number of patients in care homes and the officially recorded number is 400.
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