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Month: January 2021

Banner Health Fined $200,000 as OCR Moves Forward with HIPAA Right of Access Enforcement

January 15, 2021 Site Editor

The HHS’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is moving forward with its efforts to catch healthcare companies that fail to provide patients with prompt access to their healthcare records. OCR recently announced a settlement reached […]

FBI Issues Alert On Growing Egregor Ransomware Activity

January 14, 2021 Site Editor

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) published a Private Industry Advisory regarding the growing number of cases of Egregor ransomware attacks. This ransomware-as-a-service operation was first discovered in September 2020. The attackers behind the Egregor […]

One More Hospital Affected by LSU Health Email Account Breach in September 2020

January 13, 2021 Site Editor

An email security breach at LSU Health University Medical Center-New Orleans led to the probable exposure of the protected health information (PHI) of some patients. LSU Health New Orleans Health Care Services Division earlier announced […]

Custom Internet Services LLC Receives the HIPAA Seal of Compliance Award

January 12, 2021 Site Editor

Custom Internet Services LLC based in Winfield, KS provides Information Technology solutions to small- and medium-sized companies and institutions. It recently received a certification from Compliancy Group confirming that it has implemented an appropriate HIPAA […]

Email Breaches at Prestera Center for Mental Health Services and Mattapan Community Health Center

January 11, 2021 Site Editor

Prestera Center for Mental Health Services, West Virginia’s biggest behavioral health services provider, became aware that an unauthorized person potentially obtained access to the protected health information (PHI) of a small number of its present […]

Brightside Behavioral Health Receives HIPAA Seal of Compliance

January 8, 2021 Site Editor

Compliancy Group has certified Brightside Behavioral Health based in Warwick, Rhode Island to be in compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) after implementing an efficient HIPAA compliance plan. Brightside Behavioral Health […]

Miiskin Receives the HIPAA Seal of Compliance

January 7, 2021 Site Editor

Compliancy Group has certified that Miiskin has achieved Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) compliance after completing all required steps to follow the HIPAA rules. Miiskin is a provider of an application and teledermatology […]

Cyberattacks in the Healthcare Industry Increase by 45%

January 6, 2021 Site Editor

In the fall of 2020, CISA, FBI, and HHS cybersecurity gave a joint advisory to the healthcare and public health industry subsequent to a surge in ransomware activity. The joint notice discussed that attackers are […]

Largest Healthcare Data Breaches in 2020

January 5, 2021 Site Editor

2020 was the most awful ever year when it comes to healthcare industry data breaches. There were 616 data breaches involving 500 or more health records documented by the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights. Those […]

Russian State-Sponsored Hackers’ Exploit of VMWare Virtual Workspaces Vulnerability

January 4, 2021 Site Editor

The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) issued a cybersecurity advisory concerning the activity of Russian state-sponsored hacking groups targeting a vulnerability found in VMWare virtual workspaces that is used for performing remote work. The vulnerability […]

OCR’s new HIPAA Guidance Disclosing PHI to Health Information Exchanges

January 2, 2021 Site Editor

The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights has released a new Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Rules guidance to tackle the issue of disclosing protected health information (PHI) to […]

Upgrade of the Atlantic.Net Back-Office Significantly Offers Better Performance and Overall Customer Service

January 1, 2021 Site Editor

Atlantic.net in Orlando, Florida made statements concerning big changes that will help improve its performance, make its billing more accurate, and allow it to deliver better overall customer assistance. The hosting provider currently provides its […]

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