The NFL has reported that thousands of players’ health care records were breached in late April after a laptop was stolen from the car of a Washington Redskins trainer. The records are extensive, dating back a full 13 years. They’re reported to include current and former players’ protected health information (PHI), as well as that… Read More »
For years, Apple has notoriously avoided stepping into the burgeoning HIPAA-compliant health-tech market. Its peers–tech giants the likes of Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and FitBit–have all willingly begun signing Business Associate Agreements (BAAs), allowing their products and services to be used across the health care industry to store, transmit, or create protected health information (PHI). So… Read More »
After seven years of illegally accessing the protected health information (PHI) of 1,620 patients, an employee at UnityPoint Health’s Allen Hospital in Waterloo, Iowa has been reported to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for federal investigation. Officials at the hospital say that the breach was first uncovered on March 14, 2016. The… Read More »
Receiving HIPAA breach notification letters in the mail has become a disappointingly commonplace occurrence for many Americans over the past few years. In a single breach alone last February, as many as 80 million individuals had their protected health information (PHI) breached by Anthem. HIPAA regulation mandates that breaches be reported to affected patients informing… Read More »
USB drives loaded with malware were mistakenly mailed by the American Dental Association (ADA) to its members earlier this month. According to investigative reporter Brian Krebs, the issue first came to light after an ADA member posted on a security forum saying that he was suspicious of the integrity of the drive when he first received it.… Read More »
Following Prince’s sudden death on April 21, 2016, media speculation about the causes surrounding the event have already begun to circulate widely. TMZ has reported that the artist was treated for a drug overdose just six days prior to his death. His private jet was reported to have made an emergency landing in Moline,… Read More »
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have shifted their deadline for Meaningful Use (MU) attestation from the previous February 29 date to Friday, March 11, 2016. This most recent shift in deadline was made so that practices could attest to the Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS, formerly PQRI), which has a deadline that… Read More »
The deadline for reporting small breaches to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is quickly approaching. By February 29th, all Covered Entities (CEs) that have had breaches in unsecured protected health information (PHI) that affected 500 individuals or more during 2015 must submit their annual reports if they haven’t done so already. In… Read More »