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Medicaid Fraud in Ohio: HHS releases data for fiscal year 2013
HHS's Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released their annual report for the Fiscal Year 2013, which highlights statistical achievements from the Medicaid Fraud...
Indian Health Service fails OIG penetration test
In March, 2014 the OIG published details of a penetration test that they conducted on the Indian Health Service (IHS), to determine whether IHS network systems were...
Major Computer Breach at Montana Public Health Department
A computer in Montana's Department of Public Health that stored large databases of employee and client personal information was accessed by unknown hacker (or hackers)...
HHS uncovers nationwide Medicare Fraud schemes involving 27 doctors, other medical professionals
In what's being called a "nationwide takedown" by Medicare Fraud Strike Force operations, charges have been filed against 90 individuals who allegedly submitted over...
Data breach at eBay compromises 150 million user accounts
eBay has asked 150 million users worldwide to reset their passwords, after learning of a cyber-attack on a database including encrypted passwords and other user data....
Verizon 2014 Data Breach Investigations Report: Key Findings on Theft and Loss
Incidents of lost and stolen assets are amount the most common causes of data loss or exposure, as reported by data breach incidents analyzed in Verizon's 2014 Data...
Several healthcare organizations are new target of tax fraud gang
A tax fraud gang appears to be targeting a large number of healthcare and senior living organizations that all use the same vendor for payroll and HR services....
Employee security awareness training may have prevented Centura Health breach
On February 11, 2014, Centura Health, the nonprofit umbrella that owns Mercy Regional Medical Center in Durango, Colorado, experienced a phishing attack on employees...
Medicare payments to FQHCs may increase by $1.3 billion
On April 29, 2014, The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published a final rule that proposes a new reimbursement system that increases payments to...
PHI breach affects 5,261 former Molina Healthcare members
On May 2nd, Molina Healthcare alerted 5,261 former members of Molina Healthcare of New Mexico of a data breach that took place around March 18, 2014. A postcard...
HHS provides details on Phase 2 of random HIPAA audit program
On March 31, the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) finally provided details on what the next phase of its HIPAA audit program will look like. These are outlined in...
Medical identity theft is on the rise in the U.S.
A recent survey by The Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) reported that medical identity theft accounted for 43.8 percent of all identity thefts reported in the US...
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