A years-old privacy breach at Central Health has had a particular impact on pregnant women and new parents, says a St. John’s lawyer who is filed a class-action lawsuit. Bob Buckingham says a disproportionate number of calls to his office regarding the breach are from people who say medical records relating to their pregnancies were…
Category: Health Data
Ripe for extortion? Navajo Nation hospital targeted by large-scale ransomware hack
Kevin Collier has a follow-up on the Rehoboth McKinley Christian Health Care cyberattack first reported by DataBreaches.net on February 16. From Collier’s reporting, it seems that those impacted by the breach have yet to be notified. As I’ve advocated many, many times: when PII or PHI are publicly dumped by criminals, taking 60 days to…
GA: Atlanta Allergy & Asthma hit by Nefilim threat actors
Atlanta Allergy & Asthma (AA&A) proudly proclaims itself to be the largest allergy group in Atlanta, with 17 locations. “For more than 45 years, we have been the experts in the diagnosis and treatment of allergies, asthma, food allergies, sinusitis, and immunologic diseases,” their site notes. What their site does not note yet is that…
Allergy and Asthma Associates in Roanoke Pleads Guilty to Criminal Charge; Enters into Civil Resolution Over Health Care Fraud Allegations
ROANOKE, Va. – Acting United States Attorney Daniel P. Bubar and Virginia Attorney General Mark G. Herring announced today the finalization of a $2.1 million civil resolution with Allergy and Asthma Associates Inc. [AAA], a Roanoke-based, family-owned medical practice that billed Medicare and Virginia Medicaid more than $600,000 for expensive asthma treatments in did not…
AK: Petersburg hospital responds to potential medical records breach
Angela Denning reports: Petersburg Medical Center announced Monday that it learned of a potential breach of federal health care privacy law with some patients’ medical records. But the community hospital says the information was not released outside its walls. According to a press release, the hospital found that an employee viewed records of patients who…
In a year of supply-chain attacks, do you have your business associate agreements in place?
I recently came across a breach report that is a useful reminder of the value of ensuring that business associate agreements (BAA) are in place, and that compliance with the agreements is assessed regularly. In this instance Humana, a health plan, reported that on December 22, they were notified by a business associate that an…