The HIPAA Journal

APRIL 16, 2025

The hackers encrypted files and stole data such as names, addresses, telephone numbers, email addresses, dates of birth, demographic information, Social Security numbers, drivers license numbers, medical record numbers, health information, payment information, and health insurance information. Bean of Siri & Glimstad LLP.

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The HIPAA Journal

APRIL 18, 2025

Other healthcare providers known to have been affected include Rhea Medical Center and Hamilton County in Tennessee. Notification letters were mailed to the affected individuals two months later, on March 31, 2025. Individual notification letters were mailed on March 21, 2025.

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The HIPAA Journal

APRIL 1, 2025

A comprehensive and time-intensive review of the affected accounts was recently concluded, and it was confirmed that names, addresses, Social Security numbers, drivers license numbers, bank account information, payment card information, dates of birth, medical information, and health insurance information were stored in the accounts.

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The HIPAA Journal

MARCH 20, 2025

on February 14, 2025. The account review confirmed that a limited amount of patient data had been exposed including names, medical record numbers, dates of birth, treatment dates, encounter numbers, and patients ages. Peters, Missouri, has notified 1,265 individuals about a security incident on January 17, 2025.

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The HIPAA Journal

MARCH 28, 2025

On March 20, 2025, Pineland Community Service Board disclosed a security incident detected on January 20, 2025. The forensic investigation confirmed unauthorized network access between November 24, 2024, and January 20, 2025, during which time the threat actor viewed or copied information from its network.

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CollaborateMD

APRIL 3, 2025

Healthcare practices are often plagued with medical billing compliance questions like: “Am I upcoding?” ” With all of these concerns, it’s vital that providers and billing departments understand and follow the key elements of proper medical billing compliance to run a successful practice.

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Mobius MD

JANUARY 17, 2025

Are you considering using your iPhone for medical dictation? What is mobile medical speech-to-text? You’ll need mobile medical speech-to-text software to use your iPhone or iPad for medical dictation. However, keep in mind that speech-to-text apps are just one type of medical dictation workflow.

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The HIPAA Journal

MARCH 19, 2025

A data review vendor was engaged, and Access TeleCare was provided with the final results of the review on August 30, 2024; however, it took until March 4, 2025, for individual notifications to be mailed. On January 14, 2025, an employee emailed a document to a personal email account.

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The HIPAA Journal

MARCH 11, 2025

The data review was completed on February 13, 2025, and confirmed that names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, medical information, treatment information, healthcare provider information, and health insurance information had been exposed.

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The HIPAA Journal

APRIL 1, 2025

All claims must be submitted by or be postmarked by June 30, 2025. The settlement has received preliminary approval from the court, and the final approval hearing has been scheduled for June 16, 2025. Million Data Breach Settlement appeared first on The HIPAA Journal. The post Azura Vascular Care Agrees to $3.15

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Mobius MD

MARCH 7, 2025

More physicians are using medical speech-to-text software to save time on clinical notes. This article discusses three of the top HIPAA-compliant medical dictation apps in 2025. Three of the best products on the market in 2025 are Mobius Conveyor , Dragon Medical One , and NVoq.Voice.

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Medication Documentation HIPAA Hospice 52

The HIPAA Journal

MARCH 27, 2025

For instance, compromised building management systems could make it impossible to store temperature-sensitive medications such as insulin, while disruption to elevators could easily result in unacceptable delays to patient care. The industrial cybersecurity platform provider Claroty analyzed more than 2.25

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 30, 2024

This insight came out of a report on How Consumers Purchase, Use and Trust Medical Devices based on market research sponsored by Propel Software. Start with the rate of 1 in 4 Americans’ experience having a personal medical device alerting them to a pending health issue. identifying the top 3 occupations in the U.S.

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Medication HIPAA Hospital Patient Experience 71

The HIPAA Journal

APRIL 2, 2025

SimonMed Imaging has recently confirmed that it was affected by a cybersecurity incident earlier this year that involved unauthorized access to patient data via one of its vendors.The Scottsdale, Arizona-based radiology practice said that on January 27, 2025, it was alerted by one of its vendors that they were experiencing a security incident.

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The HIPAA Journal

APRIL 4, 2025

Sentara Health, a nonprofit healthcare provider serving Virginia, Northeastern North Carolina, and Florida, has notified 1,620 patients about a potential insider breach involving their electronic medical records. The post Sentara Health Identifies Job Sharing Scam and Potential Unauthorized EMR Access appeared first on The HIPAA Journal.

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The HIPAA Journal

MARCH 20, 2025

The HIPAA Journal has compiled healthcare data breach statistics from October 2009, when the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) started publishing summaries of healthcare data breaches on its website. This page is regularly updated to reflect the latest healthcare data breach statistics.

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The HIPAA Journal

MARCH 25, 2025

Data security incidents have been announced by Columbia Eye Clinic in Colorado, Meigs County Emergency Medical Services in Ohio, Cottrills Specialty Pharmacy in New York, and ALN Medical Management in Colorado. On January 21, 2025, Meigs EMS identified unauthorized access to an employee email account.

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The HIPAA Journal

APRIL 15, 2025

A hacker gained access to its network on February 3, 2025, and downloaded ransomware, which was used to encrypt files on its network. The types of information involved vary from individual to individual and include names, dates of birth, addresses, phone numbers, and patient dental/medical records. Data theft was also confirmed.

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The HIPAA Journal

APRIL 4, 2025

Notification letters were mailed to the affected individuals on February 21, 2025. After an extensive forensic investigation and comprehensive document review, on March 21, 2025, we determined your personal data may have been subject to unauthorized access or acquisition, which occurred between November 4, 2023, and November 5, 2023.

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The HIPAA Journal

MARCH 25, 2025

The post Numotion Reports Email Data Breach Affecting Almost 500,000 Individuals appeared first on The HIPAA Journal.

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Arkenea

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Key Takeaways It is anticipated that more than a quarter of a billion copies of this practical technology will have been marketed by 2025. Software medical device is cloud-based or on-premise software designed for a range of healthcare facilities to store, process, and manage medical, financial, and administrative data.

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Medication HIPAA Follow-Up Tests 52

The HIPAA Journal

MARCH 18, 2025

In a regulatory filing on March 14, 2025, Infosys McCamish confirmed that a settlement has been agreed in principle to resolve all claims and allegations made in six class action lawsuits, with the proposed agreement settling all pending class action lawsuits. The post $17.5

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HIPAA Follow-Up Insurance Medication 82

The HIPAA Journal

MARCH 10, 2025

Cyberattacks have recently been announced by Community Care Alliance in Rhode Island, Central Texas Pediatric Orthopedics, and Whitman Hospital and Medical Clinics in Washington. The Texas Attorney General was notified about the incident on March 6, 2025; however, individual notification letters have yet to be mailed.

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HIPAA Hospital Insurance Medication 51

The HIPAA Journal

MARCH 18, 2025

That process was completed in February 2025 and confirmed that the stolen data included employee benefit plan information such as names, Social Security numbers, drivers license/state ID numbers, medical treatment information, and health insurance information.

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Health Populi

MARCH 21, 2019

It feels like the vision industry is at an inflection point at this moment, I intuited during yesterday’s convening of Decoding the Consumer: The new science of customer behavior, the theme of the 13th annual global leadership summit hosted by Vision Monday, a program of Jobson Medical Information which is part of the WebMD family.

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Arkenea

JANUARY 25, 2025

Key Takeaways A need to control substance usage and reduce medication errors is driving the e-prescribing market growth during the 2023-2030 timeframe. Online medication orders, refills, and reminders help such patients to keep a track of their health care. Around 75 percent of medication errors have occurred due to distraction.

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Transfers HIPAA Medical History Follow-Up 52

The HIPAA Journal

MARCH 31, 2025

The amendment will take effect on July 1, 2025. This does not include HIPAA-protected data – reproductive or sexual health information held by a HIPAA-regulated entity or records related to the treatment of substance use disorder. Last week, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin added his signature to S.B.

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HIPAA Vital Signs Discharges Medication 77

The HIPAA Journal

APRIL 2, 2025

That process was completed on March 5, 2025. The affected individuals were notified on March 27, 2025, and a toll-free helpline has been established for the affected individuals to find out more information about the incident.

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HIPAA Medical History Medication Insurance 54

The HIPAA Journal

MARCH 20, 2025

Biggest Healthcare Data Breaches in February 2025 In February, 16 data breaches were reported to OCR that affected 10,000 or more individuals 11 hacking/IT incidents, 3 unauthorized access/disclosure incidents, and 2 theft incidents. Across these 34 incidents, the protected health information of 1,102,405 individuals was exposed or stolen.

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The HIPAA Journal

MARCH 12, 2025

The file review was completed on December 28, 2023, and it was confirmed that the data exposed in the incident included names, addresses, birth dates, Social Security numbers, drivers license information, passport numbers, financial account information, medical histories, and health insurance information.

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HIPAA Medical History Documentation Scheduling 76

The HIPAA Journal

MARCH 12, 2025

It is unclear when its network was breached; however, the investigation confirmed on January 13, 2025, that a limited number of documents containing patient data such as names, addresses, telephone numbers, email addresses, and limited health information had been stolen.

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The HIPAA Journal

MARCH 13, 2025

It is common for medical records to be overlaid, where multiple patients records are merged into a single record. This can result in an unauthorized disclosure of health data that is prohibited under HIPAA, and more seriously, can put patient safety at risk. The MATCH IT Act of 2025 was introduced by Rep. billion each year.

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HIPAA Patient Safety Billing Insurance 61

The HIPAA Journal

APRIL 16, 2025

Healthcare continues to be the sector most targeted by ransomware groups, according to the BakerHostetler 2025 Data Security Incident Response Report. Several firms reported that Q1 2025 was a record-breaking quarter for ransomware attacks.

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