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Somnia’s $2.4 Million Data Breach Settlement Receives Final Approval

The HIPAA Journal

and others over a 2022 cyberattack and data breach. The plaintiffs claimed that Somnia was negligent by failing to implement appropriate cybersecurity safeguards to ensure the privacy and confidentiality of the data stored on its network, did not follow industry security standards, and was not fully compliant with the HIPAA Rules.

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What are the Penalties for HIPAA Violations?

The HIPAA Journal

Penalties for HIPAA violations can be issued by the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and state attorneys general. In addition to financial penalties, covered entities are required to adopt a corrective action plan to bring policies and procedures up to the standards demanded by HIPAA. .

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HIPAA Violation Cases

The HIPAA Journal

HIPAA violation cases are compliance investigations that result from a data breach being notified to the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) or a privacy complaint being submitted to OCR via the complaints portal. There are many different types of HIPAA violation cases.

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HIPAA Update to Include Cybersecurity Requirements for Health Care Organizations

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An update to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Security Rule is now underway with new cybersecurity requirements. The latest data show a 93% increase in large breaches (from 369 to 712) reported from 2018 to 2022. HIPAA privacy requirements may be violated through data collection and its usage. “As

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Almost One-Third of Rural Hospitals Benefiting from Microsoft’s Cybersecurity for Rural Hospitals Program

The HIPAA Journal

Rural hospitals often have low operating margins, high fixed costs relative to their urban counterparts, and have lower reimbursement rates from insurers. In 2022, 429 rural hospitals were at high financial risk. Due to limited budgets, rural hospitals often lack the resources to implement key cybersecurity improvements.

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Healthcare Data Breach Statistics

The HIPAA Journal

The HIPAA Journal has compiled healthcare data breach statistics from October 2009, when the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) started publishing summaries of healthcare data breaches on its website. million records breached, and 2022 was worse with 51.9

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Kaiser Permanente Website Tracker Breach Affects 13.4 Million Individuals

The HIPAA Journal

The privacy violation has been reported to the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) as a breach of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Million Individuals appeared first on HIPAA Journal. The post Kaiser Permanente Website Tracker Breach Affects 13.4

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