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.
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.
2025-07-29T18:30:00Z By Ian Sherr
Chip design software and hardware maker Cadence Design Systems agreed to plead guilty to unlawfully exporting semiconductor design tools to a restricted Chinese military university, the Department of Justice said in a statement. The California firm will pay over $140 million in criminal and civil pines and forfeitures, marking the ...
2025-07-29T17:34:00Z By Oscar Gonzalez
The Department of Justice fired two officials who were part of its antitrust division on Monday. The move, reported by CBS News, marks the latest effort from the Trump administration to ease regulations for companies and rollback of antitrust enforcement.
2025-07-29T16:04:00Z By Adrianne Appel
A Florida wireless company and its chief executive officer will pay more than $128 million to settle civil and potential criminal allegations that they defrauded a federal low-income telecommunications program, according to the Department of Justice.
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