CBIZ KA, a third-party vendor for Prime Healthcare (Prime), discovered a security incident involving CBIZ’s use of MOVEit Transfer software, which has recently reported a security vulnerability. Prime takes the responsibility of safeguarding your information very seriously, and while Prime systems were not involved in the incident, CBIZ KA uses MOVEit Transfer to securely transfer…
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Prime Healthcare and Shasta Regional still don't get HIPAA?
Remember the case of a patient whose PHI was disclosed to media by Shasta Regional Center and Prime Healthcare? If you don’t, just search this site for “Prime Healthcare,” and you’ll find a slew of coverage, including a $95,000 fine by California and a $275,000 settlement with OCR after they stubbornly insisted they had not violated…
HHS releases statement on Prime Healthcare/Shasta Regional settlement
In a press release issued yesterday and posted today, HHS writes: Shasta Regional Medical Center (SRMC) has agreed to a comprehensive corrective action plan to settle a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) investigation concerning potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule. The HHS Office for Civil…
Prime Healthcare and Shasta Regional Center settle HHS complaint, to pay $275,000
I don’t know if you can hear me, but I generally groan when I read a settlement that permits the party to make no admission of guilt. The FTC permits it, and HHS also permits it. I understand why they may choose to do that, but seriously, there are some breaches that are just so…
Former patient claims confidentiality breach in Prime Healthcare lawsuit
When the CEO of Prime Healthcare and Shasta Regional Medical Center disclosed patient records in trying to defend themselves against a media report, I immediately noted that without the patient’s consent, they could not do that. Despite what was so obvious to most of us, they defended their disclosure, claiming that the patient had waived…
Prime Healthcare Services fined $95,000 in privacy case
If you’ve been reading my blog for a few years, you’ll likely remember the case where Shasta Regional Medical Center and Prime Healthcare Services disclosed a patient’s records to the media, claiming that because the patient had talked to the media, she had waived confidentiality. The case was initially reported in January, and I posted an update in May…