This is the first alert in a series of Bradley installments on privacy issues that may arise during the current COVID-19 pandemic. This first installment focuses on disclosure of personally identifiable health information...more
On October 15, 2018, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced that Anthem, Inc. will pay $16 million to settle OCR’s investigation of its potential violations of the Health...more
10/24/2018
/ Anthem Insurance ,
Corrective Actions ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) ,
Hackers ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
OCR ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Phishing Scams ,
Settlement
On September 7, Equifax, one of three nationwide credit-reporting agencies that compile and evaluate the financial history of consumers, announced that it suffered a security breach in which sensitive information of...more
9/18/2017
/ Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Credit Reporting Agencies ,
Credit Reports ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Equifax ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Government Investigations ,
Hackers ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular
A global ransomware attack began early last Friday and has affected businesses and government entities in 150 countries, including Britain’s national health system, FedEx, Spain’s Telefónica, and the Russian Interior...more
5/19/2017
/ Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) ,
FBI ,
Hackers ,
Health Care Providers ,
Malware ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Phishing Scams ,
Ransomware ,
Risk Management ,
US-CERT
On the heels of the widely publicized Target breach, states continue to enact legislation designed to provide notice to their citizens when a security breach involving personal data occurs. Kentucky is the latest state to...more
On December 5, 2013, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) reported on the Office for Civil Rights’ (OCR) compliance as of May 2011 with oversight and enforcement of the Security Rule and compliance with federal cybersecurity...more
1/10/2014
/ Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Compliance ,
Confidential Information ,
Cybersecurity ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Electronic Medical Records ,
Health Information Technologies ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
HITECH Act ,
NIST ,
OCR ,
OIG ,
Patient Privacy Rights ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Right to Privacy ,
Security Audits ,
Security Rule