The Medical Group Management Association is seeking clarity from the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights regarding who carries the burden of providing HIPAA-required breach notifications to both the federal government and affected patients following the Chang…
Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente is notifying current and former patients that it shared information with third-party advertisers, TechCrunch reported April 25.
Healthcare cybersecurity budgets and teams have grown significantly since 2019 as threats become more pronounced, according to an April 2024 report from Moody’s Investors Service.
UnitedHealth Group’s Change Healthcare said it will take several more months to identify the personal data that was compromised from its Feb. 21 cyberattack, The Wall Street Journal reported Feb. 25.
Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare has to face a class-action lawsuit claiming its patient portal shared data with Facebook and other third-party companies, Bloomberg Law reported.
Cleveland Clinic’s CEO said that cyberattacks pose a significant threat to health systems due to insufficient security measures across various departments and a shortage of IT personnel in hospitals, Ideastream Public Media reported April 23.
HHS said it has not received a breach notification from UnitedHealth’s subsidiary Change Healthcare in the wake of the February cyberattack it suffered.
Change Healthcare says data stolen by hackers in a February cyberattack likely covers a “substantial proportion of people in America.”
A vendor that provides account receivable management services to Manchester, N.H.-based Catholic Medical Center has been affected by a cybersecurity breach that has impacted patient data.
Hackers gained entry to Change Healthcare’s IT systems nine days before the ransomware attack on the UnitedHealth Group subsidiary, The Wall Street Journal reported April 22.
