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Compumedics Cyberattack Affects Almost a Dozen Healthcare Providers

The HIPAA Journal

a vendor that provides diagnostic and research technologies for sleep disorders for use in sleep study clinics, has recently disclosed a data security incident that has affected patients of several of its healthcare provider clients. Compumedics USA Inc.,

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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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Surmodics & Kentfield Hospital Fall Victim to Cyberattacks

The HIPAA Journal

Surmodics, Minnesota Surmodics, an Eden Prairie, MN-based provider of catheters, medical device coatings, and chemical components for in vitro diagnostic tests and microarrays, has disclosed a security incident to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

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DOJ Announces Largest Ever Health Care Fraud Takedown

The HIPAA Journal

billion in allegedly fraudulent claims to Medicare related to telemedicine and genetic testing fraud schemes, and 170 defendants were involved in other fraud schemes involving medically unnecessary diagnostic testing, medical visits, and treatments totaling more than $1.84

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Seven Healthcare Organizations Added to Ransomware Groups’ Data Leak Sites

The HIPAA Journal

The HIPAA Journal has not downloaded any of the leaked data, so cannot confirm the accuracy of the groups’ claims. PDI Health, a Brooklyn, New York-based mobile diagnostic imaging service provider, is also listed. Balance Diagnostics, a medical diagnostic imaging center in Cedarhurst, New York, was also recently attacked.

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Healthcare Orgs Fined for Employing Nurses on the HHS-OIG Exclusion List

The HIPAA Journal

Associated Clinicians of East Texas, PLLC, which does business as Diagnostic Clinic of Longview, was discovered to have employed a licensed vocational nurse who had been added to the exclusion list. Diagnostic Clinic of Longview agreed to settle the alleged violation, paid a $77,877.45

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7 tips on how to navigate the complexities of migrating EHRs to the cloud

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