Premera Blue Cross Destroying Evidence
By Julia Vann Premera Blue Cross faces an accusation of destroying evidence for a class action lawsuit. The initial breach happened back in 2015 when a cyberattack allegedly compromised 35 computers. Up to 11 million patient records may have been compromised. This is considered the second largest data breach ever to be reported by […]
Veterans Affairs Department Violation
by Julia Vann What Happened? Three Democratic Lawmakers in Oklahoma have accused The Oklahoma Department of Veteran Affairs of violating HIPAA. They have even demanded the top two Oklahoma Veterans Affairs officials be fired over the incident. What kind of violation would be bad enough to fire two people over? The usage of smartphones in […]
Settlement Reached with Anthem Hacking
Written By David Johnson After a period of back and forth disputes, the US District Court of Northern California ruled in favor of around 19 million patients with medical records exposed by a hack in 2015. Anthem inc. will offer 24 months of credit monitoring to patients exposed on top of a $115 million settlement. Because […]
Unity Point Phishing Attack
A series of phishing attacks at UnityPoint health has resulted in the breaching patient information. According to a recent journal, 1.4 million consumer patients received notification regarding possible information breaching. These phishing attacks came as a series of phishing emails meant to target employee email accounts. Medical record numbers, diagnosis information, insurance information, as […]
Ransomware Facts
Ever receive an email from a self-proclaimed prince from out of the US claiming that you’re the heir to their fortune if you just click here. It’s hard to believe that individuals face cyber attacks when less-than-menacing emails like that pop up in inboxes all the time. However, the reality is that cyber attacks […]
Healthcare Data Breach: Facts and Prevention
Author: Ernesto Fierro Healthcare Data Breach has become a topic with financial and consumer implications. Data breach in healthcare can bring on a number of issues that can directly affect a companies’ customer retention, and associated costs. For example, one journal stated that there have been 2,181 healthcare incidents involving data breach between 2009 and […]
Lawsuit Over Healthcare Breach in Kansas City
Lawsuit Over Healthcare Breach in Kansas City Author: David Johnson At least 60,000 people fell victim to a recent IT breach at Children’s Mercy Hospital last January. At the beginning of July, multiple employee email accounts received an email from a seemingly credible entity. This email indicated that the employees should log into another […]
Rules: Should I Be Concerned with HIPAA Laws and Regulations
Rules: Should I Be Concerned with HIPAA Laws and Regulations By: Alyssa Rankin Rules: When people hear the word HIPAA they think that the rules and regulations only apply to doctors. Doctors do need to understand and follow HIPAA rules, but they most definitely aren’t the only people. Lets take a look at who needs […]
$4.3 Million Dollar HIPAA Penalty
MD Anderson Fined 4.3 Million for HIPAA Violations Written by Alexa Treubert Despite HIPAA being such an important topic, many healthcare organizations fail to comply with the HIPAA privacy and security rules. Chiefly, these rules protect patients personal health information (PHI). The Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information, commonly known as […]
How to Create an Effective Compliance Plan: Element 6
This Is How to Create an Effective Compliance Plan: Element 6 Written by Alexa Treubert (Referencing Measuring Compliance Program Effectiveness: A Resource Guide from HCCA-OIG) If you have been keeping up with the previous blogs, by now you should be getting a solid idea about what is going to make or break your compliance plan. […]
How to Create an Effective Compliance Plan: Element 3
How to Create an Effective Compliance Plan: Element 3 Written by Alexa Treubert (Referencing Measuring Compliance Program Effectiveness: A Resource Guide from HCCA-OIG) Last week, we covered how to administer your compliance plan, and gave a few tips and tricks on how to do so efficiently. Along with that, we also discussed the benefits of […]
How to Create an Effective Compliance Plan: Element 2
How to Create an Effective Compliance Plan: Element 2 Written by Alexa Treubert (Referencing Measuring Compliance Program Effectiveness: A Resource Guide from HCCA-OIG) After reading last weeks blog, I am sure that there are still many questions you have about what goes into an effective compliance plan. American Medical Compliance is here to help. Last […]