WKTV reports that Faxton St. Luke’s Healthcare has disclosed that almost 18,000 of its patients were impacted by a breach at its business associate, CaptureRx. The breach occurred on February 6, and Faxton was notified on March 30. Investigation revealed that the types of ePHI included: First Name, Last Name, Date of Birth, Prescription Information,…
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IT: USL Umbria2, a healthcare facility, attacked with ransomware
The following is a translation of a report by Ruetir: IT attack on the IT systems of the USU Umbria 2 whose malfunctions have been detected since Sunday morning. Investigations by the Terni postal police are underway. In particular, the presence of viruses was found which, in addition to the corporate network, also affected part…
Class action lawsuit filed against Roper St. Francis Healthcare over multiple data breaches
Regular readers may recall that September, 2020 was not a good month for St. Roper Francis, and DataBreaches.net had to explain that the healthcare system was dealing with notifications from two unrelated breaches. One involved 6,000 patients impacted by a hack of an employee’s email account. The other involved more than 90,000 patients impacted by…
TX: Novus Hospice CEO Pleads Guilty to Healthcare Fraud
March 19 – The CEO of a local hospice agency has pleaded guilty to defrauding Medicare and Medicaid, announced Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Prerak Shah. Bradley J. Harris, the 39-year-old former head of Novus and Optimum Health Services, pleaded guilty on Friday to conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud and healthcare…
AR: Total Life Healthcare data breached in ‘ransomware attack’
Region 8 reports: Participants’ data of St. Bernards Total Life Healthcare, Inc. was breached by a ransomware attack, according to a media release from HIPAA Privacy Officer Daya S. Shipman. PeakTPA, a healthcare management services provider, notified TLH on Jan. 23 of a breach on or about December 28, 2020. Read more on KAIT8. PeakTPA…
March 1, 2021: Deadline for Reporting 2020 Small Healthcare Data Breaches
Reminder: March 1, 2021: Deadline for Reporting 2020 Small Healthcare Data Breaches