- Chief Compliance Officer and VP of Legal Affairs, Arrow Electronics
By Kyle Brasseur2023-11-01T22:10:00
A Massachusetts-based medical management company agreed to pay $100,000 in settling the first ransomware agreement under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) reached by the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (HHS OCR).
Doctors’ Management Service filed a breach report with the HHS in April 2019 regarding a ransomware attack that impacted more than 200,000 individuals, the agency said in a press release Tuesday. The company first detected the breach in December 2018, though it determined the initial access dated back to April 2017.
The HIPAA privacy, security, and breach notification rules set requirements regulated entities must follow to protect the privacy and security of health information.
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2023-12-08T16:48:00Z By Kyle Brasseur
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 has reached under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
2023-11-21T17:43:00Z By Kyle Brasseur
Saint Joseph’s Medical Center agreed to pay $80,000 as part of a settlement with the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights for potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
2023-09-13T19:57:00Z By Jeff Dale
L.A. Care Health Plan agreed to pay $1.3 million to settle allegations by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services it potentially violated the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act.
2025-03-27T13:11:00Z By Jeff Dale
The U.K. Financial Reporting Council issued penalties against PwC and a former auditor over deficiencies on work related to the 2019 financial statements of now shuttered Wyelands Bank.
2025-03-27T12:49:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
Yet another government contractor has been slapped with a fine by the Department of Justice for applying lax cybersecurity defenses on sensitive government data.
2025-03-26T18:48:00Z By Oscar Gonzalez
The European Commission released its preliminary findings last week regarding Apple and Google not complying with the Digital Markets Act. It issued orders to both companies regarding their business practice and plans to release all of its findings next week.
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