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Month: November 2018

OIG Reports Security Vulnerabilities at Arizona MCOs

November 28, 2018 Site Editor

The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (OIG) has issued a report questioning the integrity of security systems at two managed care organizations (MCOs) in Arizona following security audits of the […]

Allergy Associates Settles HIPAA Violation with $125,000 Fine

November 27, 2018 Site Editor

Allergy Associates of Hartford, P.C. (Allergy Associates) has agreed to pay a fine of $125,000 to the Office of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights to settle alleged violations of the Health Insurance Portability […]

Two Iranian Nationals Indicted for SamSam Ransomware Attacks

November 27, 2018 Site Editor

The U.S. Department of Justice has released an update on the investigation of the threat actors behind the SamSam ransomware attacks. SamSam ransomware is a custom infection used in targeted attacks against the healthcare industry […]

AMIA Calls on Trump Administration to Reform of Data Privacy Rules

November 20, 2018 Site Editor

The American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA), a non-profit organisation dedicated to developing biomedical and health informatics to improve patient care, recently called on the Trump administration to reform data privacy rules in order to better […]

Report Highlights Risk of Internal Breaches to Medical Data

November 20, 2018 Site Editor

Researchers at Michigan State University and John Hopkins University have released a report containing their analysis of data breaches reported to the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) between October […]

NCCoE Releases Draft Paper on Cybersecurity of Remote Patient Monitoring Ecosystems

November 20, 2018 Site Editor

The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) is a US government organisation that builds and shares solutions to potential cybersecurity threats faced by US businesses. The NCCoE is a part of the National Institute of […]

HHS Issues RFI to Investigate Sharing of Patient Information Under HIPAA

November 17, 2018 Site Editor

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has drafted a Request for Information (RFI) to assess HIPAA Rules may be hindering patient information sharing. The move is in repose to complaints that healthcare providers […]

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Act Passed by Congress

November 17, 2018 Site Editor

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Act has been passed by unanimously by Congress on November 13, 2018.  The new legislation will allow the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will be forming a new agency […]

Update Issued on CMS HealthCare.Gov Data Breach

November 17, 2018 Site Editor

This week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) has announced an update on the recent HealthCare.gov website breach. Last month, hackers gained access to a health insurance system that interacts with the HealthCare.gov website. […]

Inova Health System Announces Potential Insider Breach

November 11, 2018 Site Editor

Inova Health System, a non-profit health organisation based in Falls Church, Virginia, has announced that it has experienced a data breach. The protected health information (PHI) of over 12,000 of its patients may have been […]

HHS’ OIG Issues Report Describing “Insufficiencies” of FDA Postmarket Cybersecurity Procedures

November 11, 2018 Site Editor

The HHS’ Office of Inspector General (OIG) has published the findings of an audit of the FDA’s policies and procedures for addressing medical device cybersecurity in the postmarket phase.   The US Food and Drug Administration […]

Best Medical Transcription Fined $200,000 for HIPAA Violation

November 8, 2018 Site Editor

Best Medical Transcription, a transcriptionist vendor, has been fined by the New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal for breaching HIPAA in 2016. The violation occurred while it was working as a business associate of […]

HIPAA Email Encryption Requirements

November 1, 2018 Site Editor

HIPAA’s email rules may be complicated at first glance, but ultimately can be broken down into a number of comprehensible stipulations and requirements. It is vital that any organisation has a good grasp of HIPAA’s […]

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