The Philadelphia Secret Service has entered into an investigation into the alleged theft of patient records from the University of Pennsylvania Health System, according to a report in the Philadelphia Daily News.
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In response to allegations made by two pathologists, Gregory Walker, president and CEO of Wentworth-Douglass Hospital in Dover, Del., sent a memo to medical staff defending the hospital's actions after a 13-month breach into patients' records, according to a report…
While one-third of business associates were not aware they are now required to adhere to HIPAA privacy and security rules as though they were covered entities, 85 percent of hospital IT executives surveyed by HIMSS Analytics reported they were ready…
Blue Cross Blue Shield has notified physicians and other healthcare providers that data, including Social Security numbers, may have been compromised when a laptop containing the information was stolen in August from an employee at BCBS Association's headquarters in Chicago,…
New regulations from the Department of Health and Human Services require healthcare providers, health plans and other entities covered under HIPAA to notify individual when their healthcare information has been breached, according to an HHS news release.
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Everyone who has an e-mail account has seen at least one version of the so-called "Nigerian Widow" scam, an unusually solicitous e-mail from a woman who claims her husband recently died and left a large sum of money in Nigeria…
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released guidance for securing health information by rendering health information unusable, unreadable or indecipherable to unauthorized individuals, according to an HHS news release.
The OIG recently completed its review of CMS's oversight with regard to HIPAA Security, and the result is alarming. OIG had some harsh words for CMS's efforts, saying it has taken "limited actions," resulting in little oversight or enforcement, and…