Marianne Kolbasuk McGee reports: The number of people affected by a March 2024 hack on a healthcare revenue cycle management and billing services provider has soared in recent weeks to more than 1.82 million, as the company continues to file updated breach reports to state and federal regulators. ALN Medical Management, which court documents indicate…
Category: Health Data
Data Breach Lawsuits Against Chord Specialty Dental Partners Consolidated
Kathryn Rattigan of Robinson + Cole writes: Pennsylvania-based Chord Specialty Dental Partners is under fire after a September 2024 data breach compromised the personal information of over 173,000 individuals. At least seven proposed class action lawsuits have been filed in federal courts in Tennessee and Pennsylvania, alleging the company failed to secure and protect patient…
Texas Doctor Who Falsely Diagnosed Patients as Part of Insurance Fraud Scheme Sentenced to 10 Years’ Imprisonment
How often have you read concerns that patient information can be used for fraudulent purposes or that patient records can be altered by wrongdoers? Here’s a case where the wrongdoer is a doctor who altered patient records and inserted false diagnoses to defraud insurers — to the tune of over $118 million in false claims….
Anne Arundel ransomware attack compromised confidential health data, county says
Alex Mann reports: A February cyberattack compromised confidential data of patients who received care from the Anne Arundel County Department of Health, officials said. For the first time Thursday, county officials offered greater detail about the breach that temporarily closed county government buildings and disrupted several services for residents. Officials said in a news release that the…
HHS Office for Civil Rights Settles HIPAA Cybersecurity Investigation with Vision Upright MRI
On March 10, 2025, Vision Upright MRI notified HHS of a breach affecting 23,031 patients, but there was nothing posted on their website to explain the breach. A press release issued by HHS today provides some explanation for the incident that involved the medical images of 21,778 patients. From their release: OCR initiated a compliance…
N.W.T.’s medical record system under the microscope after 2 reported cases of snooping
Sidney Cohen reports that both cases involved employees of the Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority: Medical records are among the most sensitive pieces of information that a government agency keeps on citizens. But these records are not impervious to snooping, as evidenced by two distinct cases reported this year by the Northwest Territories…