A Ponemon Institute survey finds medical identity theft is up and has affected 1.84 million people in the U.S. in 2013

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. and WASHINGTON, Sept. 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Medical identity theft is a national healthcare issue with life-threatening and hefty financial consequences. According to the 2013 Survey on Medical Identity Theft conducted by Ponemon Institute, medical identity theft and “family fraud” are on the rise; with the number of victims affected by medical […]

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A survey reveals business associates don’t understand their responsibilities for the new HIPAA rule and even fewer are compliant

DENVER — Covered entities and business associates in the healthcare industry have until September 23, 2013 to become compliant with the final HIPAA Omnibus Rule that took effect in March. Coalfire, an independent information technology Governance, Risk and Compliance (IT GRC) firm, today released findings from a survey that shows business associates have limited understanding […]

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The FTC claims an Atlanta medical lab didn’t do enough to protect its records, resulting in the leak of SSNs of 9,000 consumers

By ANNE FLAHERTY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) – The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday accused a small Atlanta-based medical lab that specializes in cancer detection of not doing enough to protect its patients’ online records, resulting in the leak of Social Security numbers and birth dates of more than 9,000 consumers. The complaint against LabMD […]

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A Missouri orthodontist notifies 10,000 patients of a data breach

A Florissant orthodontist’s office has informed 10,000 people that their personal information could be compromised because of a break-in and burglary at its offices in July. Olson & White Orthodontics, which also has offices in O’Fallon, Mo., was burglarized on July 22. Thieves took computers containing personal data, including patient health information, according to Armstrong […]

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The U.S. OCR explains the data breach notification process for HIPAA

Author Name Patrick Ouellette Following an unsecured protected health information (PHI) breach, HIPAA covered entities must provide breach notifications to patients, the Secretary, and the media if 500+ patients are affected. The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) also stipulates that business associates (BAs) must notify covered entities that a breach has occurred. Anyone from a […]

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Four million patients could be affected by medical info stolen from a Chicago-based medical group

Four unencrypted computers at a Park Ridge, Ill.-based administrative office of 200-site Advocate Medical Group serving the Chicago region were stolen during a burglary on July 15, and the Chicago Tribune reports that four million patients could be affected. To Read More Click here: http://www.healthdatamanagement.com/news/breach-notification-hipaa-privacy-security-advocate-chicago-46515-1.html

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