by Gary Pritts | May 1, 2014 | HIPAA
A data breach at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) originally thought to have compromised the privacy of 332 employees, may actually have over 27,000 victims according to a recent Pittsburgh Tribune-Review report. The alleged breach involved the... Read More
by Gary Pritts | Apr 26, 2014 | HIPAA
Tufts Health Plan, who offers health insurance plans for Medicare Advantage, individual or group health insurance in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, announced in an April 24 press release that a security breach had exposed the personal information of 8,830 seniors who... Read More
by Gary Pritts | Apr 23, 2014 | HIPAA
Stolen laptops have led to major HIPAA enforcement actions, announced yesterday, for two more covered entities. Concentra Health Services (Concentra) and QCA Health Plan, Inc. of Arkansas have paid the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) $1,975,220 collectively to... Read More
by Gary Pritts | Apr 16, 2014 | HIPAA
Lubbock Cardiology Clinic in Lubbock, Texas posted an online notification of a data breach that affected 1,400 patient medical records and patient demographics (names, addresses, phone numbers and social security numbers). The breach was caused when an unauthorized... Read More
by Gary Pritts | Apr 11, 2014 | HIPAA
On February 3, the Michigan Department of Community Health announced that thousands of individuals had their compromised in a data breach caused by the theft of a laptop and flash drive. The equipment was stolen on the evening of January 30 or the morning of January... Read More
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