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No southern comfort for the FTC in a Georgia federal court?

Posted on May 12, 2014 by Dissent

If federal judge William S. Duffey, Jr.  in the Northern District of Georgia decides his court has jurisdiction to hear LabMD’s challenge to the FTC’s authority to enforce data security for HIPAA-covered entities, the FTC may be in for a bumpy ride. In a hearing on May 7, Judge Duffey noted how burdensome consent orders…

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What's with all these attacks on doctors' e-mail accounts – and what are you doing about it?

Posted on May 10, 2014 by Dissent

Sometimes it takes a few breaches before I notice a trend or general issue that I think needs to be addressed. This week, I found myself looking at so many reports of doctors’ e-mail accounts being compromised that I decided the topic deserved a post of its own. If you do not know what breaches…

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Florida firm denies link to UPMC data breach

Posted on May 10, 2014 by Dissent

Associated Press reports: A University of Pittsburgh Medical Center employee has sued the hospital network for credit restoration services and identity theft insurance in the wake of a data breach that has seen hackers use the personal information of hundreds of employees to file bogus federal income tax returns. Alice Patrick, who works at UPMC…

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Class action lawsuit filed against UPMC over data breach

Posted on May 9, 2014 by Dissent

Update: Ultimate Software Group has denied any responsibility for the UPMC breach and say they don’t think UPMC is even a client. Read more here.  Original article: Bob Mayo reports: A class action lawsuit filed in federal court targets both the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) and a payroll software company it uses called…

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Cincinnati notifies almost 6,000 employees enrolled in their health plan about a mailing error

Posted on May 9, 2014 by Dissent

One of the breaches added to HHS’s public breach tool this week was an incident involving the City of Cincinnati, who reported that 5,696 individuals were notified of a breach on April 4 involving their business associate, OptumRx. PHIprivacy.net contacted the City of Cincinnati, who sent this statement about the incident: “In April we notified…

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Greenwood Leflore Hospital notifies patients whose old x-rays were stolen

Posted on May 9, 2014 by Dissent

Greenwood Leflore Hospital in Greenwood, Mississippi has notified 3,750 patients after five bins of old x-rays with limited patient information was stolen from hospital grounds. From the notice posted on their website: Notice to Patients of X-Ray Films Made in 2007 or Earlier That Were Removed from the Hospital Without Authorization We are providing this…

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