HIPAA

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A Cybersecurity Advisory was issued related to the LummaC2 malware. This alert highlights the growing industry of Cyberhacking as a service. Looking at this malware product is a good lesion in good cybersecurity. You want to read this entire article.

Cyberattacks :  This is getting very real and very scary for your practice Esse Health, a healthcare provider in the Greater St. Louis area in Missouri, experienced a cyberattack that impacted its healthcare operations This event hit major network news in St Louis  https://www.firstalert4.com/2025/05/07/cyberattack-puts-healthcare-hold-hundreds-st-louis-metro/

Under the HIPAA privacy rule, patients have a Right to an account of Disclosures. This gives patients the right to receive a record of certain disclosure of the protected health information (PHI) made by a covered entity or its business associate.

A New York City Neurology Practice, Comprehensive Neurology PC has settled an alleged HIPAA violation for $25,000

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR), has reached a settlement with Health Fitness Corporation following a HIPAA violation involving the unauthorized online exposure of electronic protected health information (ePHI). The breach occurred due to a software misconfiguration, making sensitive health data accessible online. This violation highlights the importance of maintaining proper security controls and conducting regular risk assessments to prevent unauthorized data exposure.

Phishing attacks remain a major cybersecurity threat, particularly in healthcare, where sensitive data is at risk. Your practice must take proactive measures to protect against phishing.

by Michael Brody, DPM, CEO TLD Systems

On January 8, HHS announced a settlement of $337,750 with USR Holdings for a violation of the HIPAA regulations. This is significant due to the nature of the HIPAA Violation. Among the violations by USR Holdings was Deletion of electronic Protected Health Information.

PIH Health in California was hit with a ransomware attack which severely impacted its computer and telephone systems. The attack forced the hospital to activate their Downtime Contingency Plan. A downtime contingency plan are the procedures that are followed to maintain the ability to provide patient care in the event of a computer outage. This typically involved going back to recording patient information on paper for later entry into the computer systems when they are back online.