Category: cybersecurity

Nevada hospital reports data breach affecting 3,000 patients

Battle Mountain (Nev.) General Hospital reported a data breach affecting around 3,000 patients in late March, according to HHS.

UNC Hospitals user email hacked in phishing scheme

UNC Hospitals and School of Medicine in Chapel Hill, N.C., informed patients of a data breach exposing personal health information earlier this year.

Change hack won't affect nonprofit hospitals' credit: Fitch

Nonprofit hospitals will not face credit impact from the Feb. 21 cyberattack on UnitedHealthcare subsidiary Change Healthcare, according to Fitch. 

Cyberattack leads to payment restructuring at Mississippi hospital

The Feb. 21 cyberattack on Change Healthcare is causing some restructuring of payments at Ocean Springs, Miss.-based Singing River Health System, WLOX reported March 29. 

Hospital struggles to restore MyChart months after cyberattack

Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago is still trying to restore its MyChart patient portal two months after a cyberattack took its systems offline.

UnitedHealth investigating data leak from Change hack

UnitedHealth Group has confirmed that data has been compromised due to the Feb. 21 cyberattack on its subsidiary Change Healthcare. 

C-suite leaders aren't seeing eye to eye with CISOs

Sixty-six percent of chief information security officers said senior leadership doesn’t understand their role within the organization, while 31% of C-suite executives admitted to struggling with understanding the tangible return on investment in cybers…

UnitedHealth pays $3.3B to providers following Change hack

UnitedHealth Group said it has paid out more than $3.3 billion to providers affected by the Feb. 21 cyberattack on its subsidiary Change Healthcare, CNBC reported March 28.

R1 RCM reports data breach

R1 RCM has notified patients potentially affected by a cybersecurity incident that involved personal identifiable information and personal health information. 

CISA proposes rule for hospitals to disclose ransom payments

Hospitals and health systems may soon need to report a cybersecurity incident to the federal government within 72 hours and ransom payments within 24 hours.