Tag: Data Breach

Cyberattack on Change Healthcare: HIPAA Breach Notification

Following a major cyberattack on Change Healthcare, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group (UHG), confusion arose regarding who would handle the Change Healthcare cyberattack HIPAA breach notification for potentially millions of affected individuals. HIPAA regulations govern such notifications, but the situation presented unique challenges. In May 2024, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued […]
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Five Tips For Physicians To Maximize Data Security

Digital transformation is expanding the cyber attack surface in health care and other sectors. Today, threat actors are working overtime to exploit vulnerabilities in health care systems, its primary care physicians and their applications, resulting in data breaches that expose confidential and protected information. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) is […]