Lafourche Medical Group to pay $480K in landmark HHS phishing action
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Kyle Brasseur2023-12-08T16:48:00
Louisiana-based Lafourche Medical Group agreed to pay $480,000 as part of the first phishing attack-related settlement the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (HHS OCR) has reached under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
Lafourche additionally consented to be monitored by the OCR for a period of two years, as well as agreeing to a corrective action plan, the agency announced Thursday.
In May 2021, Lafourche reported to the HHS it was breached through a phishing attack that occurred two months prior. The attack affected the electronic protected health information of nearly 35,000 individuals, the agency’s investigation found.
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