By Art Gross – In a groundbreaking development, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has reached a settlement with Lafourche Medical Group, a Louisiana-based medical facility, following a phishing cyberattack that compromised the electronic protected health information of nearly 35,000 patients.
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By Matt Fisher – The Office for Civil Rights is stepping up its attention to cyberattacks impacting healthcare organizations. After years of attacks impacting operations and the privacy of patient information, OCR is now flexing its HIPAA enforcement muscles on that front.
By Matt Fisher – Maintaining and protecting privacy for patients and healthcare information is important and necessary at all times. The requirement for keeping privacy applies no matter the circumstances, which can mean in the middle of a pandemic. The most recent HIPAA settlement announced by the Office for Civil Rights provides that reminder.
By Matt Fisher – The use of tracking technology in healthcare continues to garner a lot of attention. The issue first came to the fore in 2022 following an expose that discovered a large majority of hospitals and health systems across the country included Meta Pixel on their websites in numerous different places.
By Matt Fisher – Part of our Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Security must become more of an essential feature in healthcare. The risk of an attack is ever present and pretty much a guarantee at this point. If an organization has not revealed an attack it either has not detected the intrusion yet or is trying to avoid a negative spotlight by keeping information in the background.
By Art Gross- In such an intense and impactful field, it’s completely understandable that healthcare professionals often find themselves wanting to share experiences or seek support from colleagues. However, they must navigate a delicate balance due to the stringent regulations imposed by HIPAA.
By Matt Fisher – The drumbeat of settlements from the Office for Civil Rights around the individual right of access continues. The most recent settlement offers a different reminder than the previous settlements. This time, the settlement impacted a health insurance company.
By Matt Fisher – The increasing polarization of views around different forms of healthcare is placing the privacy of healthcare information in the spotlight. References to HIPAA are littered across social media, regardless of whether the use is accurate or not.
By Art Gross – In response to the growing use of online tracking technologies in healthcare, the HHS Office for Civil Rights and the Federal Trade Commission have issued a joint warning to hospital systems and telehealth providers about the potential threats these tracking technologies pose to patient data security.