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April 2025 Healthcare Data Breach Report

The HIPAA Journal

Two large data breaches were reported in April that occurred way back in 2023, a ransomware attack on the City of Long Beach and a cyberattack on Dameron Hospital in California. These are likely to continue to be reported by affected HIPAA-regulated entities over the next few weeks.

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Premier Health Partners Announces July 2023 Data Breach

The HIPAA Journal

Premier Health Partners, a Dayton, OH-based network of three hospitals and two major medical centers, has recently issued a press release about a data breach first identified over two years ago. The July 18, 2025, press release explains that on July 12, 2023, Premier Health identified suspicious activity within certain computer systems.

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Retina Group of Washington Agrees to $3.6 Million Settlement to Resolve Data Breach Lawsuit

The HIPAA Journal

A settlement has been agreed to resolve a class action lawsuit against Retina Group of Washington over a March 2023 data breach that involved unauthorized access to the protected health information of 455,935 individuals. Million Settlement to Resolve Data Breach Lawsuit appeared first on The HIPAA Journal.

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Artificial Intelligence can be the Catalyst for Transformative Change at NIH

Sensible Medicine

For example, a systematic review of medical journals found only 0.6% For example, the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research settled HIPAA violations for $3.9 Take electronic health records (EHRs) – a decade ago, they were touted as the 21st-century upgrade to medical practice. of studies made their data public.

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HHS Updates HIPAA Rule to Enhance ePHI Security

Health Prime

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to modify the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Security Rule of 1996. This is the first HIPAA Security rule update since 2013. From 2018-2023, reports of significant breaches increased by 102%.

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Data Breaches Up 10% Although Victim Count Falls Sharply

The HIPAA Journal

from the corresponding period in 2023. The post Data Breaches Up 10% Although Victim Count Falls Sharply appeared first on The HIPAA Journal. Healthcare data compromises have increased by 19.9% year-over-year but are down 24.9% In terms of affected individuals, there has been a 39.2%

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$5.48 Million Settlement Approved to Resolve HealthEC Data Breach Litigation

The HIPAA Journal

A settlement has been agreed to resolve class action data breach litigation against HealthEC and its clients over a 2023 hacking incident and data breach. Between July 14, 2023, and July 23, 2023, hackers accessed its network and stole files containing sensitive data. One of the class action lawsuits – Victoria Lempinen v.