$550K recouped from New York medical company for failing to protect PHI

The New York attorney general’s office recouped $550,000 from New York medical company Professional Business Systems — doing business as Practicefirst Medical Management Solutions and PBS Medcode Corp. — for failing to protect consumers’ health records.

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The company did not update its software in a timely manner, which led to a 2020 cyberattack that compromised the protected health information of 1.2 million individuals, according to a May 23 press release from the New York attorney general’s office.

Practicefirst agreed to pay $550,000 in penalties to New York, and has agreed to strengthen its data security practices and provide free credit monitoring services for all affected individuals.

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