Health Tech CMS notifying 612K Medicare beneficiaries of data breach Medicare contractor Maximus Federal Services, which uses MOVEit for file sharing, told CMS that beneficiaries' personal data may have been copied. ByDave MuoioJul 31, 2023 05:00pm ...
A healthcare data breach is among the costliest types of data breach. The average cost of a data breach across industries was $4.45 million, yet the average cost of a healthcare data breach was the highest among all industries at $10.93 million. Healthcare has seen a significant cost increa...
In 2023, the most significant healthcare data breach incident in the United States was the HCA Healthcare breach.
Following the analysis of healthcare data breach causes and threats, we describe the associated digital forensic readiness challenges in the context of the most significant incident causes. With specific focus on privilege misuse, we present a conceptual architecture for forensic aud...
UnitedHealthcare Reports Data Breach Tied to Credential Stuffing UnitedHealthcare (UHC) reported a data breach to the Montana Attorney General’s Office in April. UHC said that the breach occurred between February 19 and February 25, 2023, after UHC identified suspicious activity on t...
Healthcare data breach lawsuits oftenallege that the breached organization was negligentin its duty to protect patient information. "They have to allege these negligence claims because there isn't a private right of action on HIPAA," Green suggested. ...
The breach has been reported to federal law enforcement and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights. That agency reported on its website that 2 million people were affected. An FBI spokesperson said the agency had no comment. ...
The number of healthcare data breaches in 2020 also varied by state, the report shows. California experienced the highest number of breaches, reporting 49. But it was Michigan that had the highest count of individuals affected. This was mainly due to the breach thatoccurred at Livonia, Michigan...
Later 20/20 faced a lawsuit over the breach. Organization: Forefront DermatologyDate reported: 7/8/2021Number of individuals affected: 2,413,553What happened? The Wisconsin-based organization, which has locations in 21 states and the District of Columbia, reported that an intrusion resulted in ...
Choosing a trusted third-party provider to reduce the risk of a healthcare data breach also applies when working with a managed IT company. Encrypting Data Encryption is one of the most effective healthcare data protection methods available. It can be useful for both in transit and at rest da...