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Data Breach Lawsuits Surge Against Chord Specialty Dental Partners

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Pennsylvania-based Chord Specialty Dental Partners is under fire after a September 2024 data breach compromised the personal information of over 173,000 individuals. At least seven proposed class action lawsuits have been...more

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Ascension Notifies 430,000 Patients of Data Breach

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Healthcare system Ascension has notified 437,329 patients of a data breach exposing “demographic information, such as name, address, phone number(s), email address, date of birth, race, gender, and Social Security numbers, as...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

The Health Record - Healthcare Law Insights, V 2, Issue 5, April 2025

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Welcome to our fifth issue of 2025 of The Health Record -- our healthcare law insights e-newsletter. In this edition, we look at the effect tariffs could have on pharmaceuticals, the rise in healthcare facilities as the...more

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Decoded - Technology Law Insights, V 6, Issue 4, April 2025

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Welcome to our fourth issue of 2025 of Decoded - our technology law insights e-newsletter. We hope you enjoy this issue and thank you for reading. Sector by Sector: How Data Breaches are Wrecking Bottom Lines - “Data...more

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2025 J.S. Held Global Risk Report: Managing Cyber Risk

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Cyber incidents such as the 2024 event involving Change Healthcare, which compromised the personal information of over 100 million people, highlight the evolving nature of cyber threats – increasingly becoming risk management...more

Quarles & Brady LLP

Warning! ChatGPT Exploit Used by Threat Actors in Cyber Attacks

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Members of the health care and financial industries, along with other industries that hold sensitive data, are warned that a ChatGPT vulnerability is being actively exploited by threat actors to attack security flaws in AI...more

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Healthcare Cyberattacks Are on the Rise: Steps to Safeguard Your Organization

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Cyberattacks remain one of the most serious threats facing the healthcare industry. Healthcare providers and their vendors handle sensitive and valuable health data, making them prime targets for cybercriminals....more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

$1.5M Warby Parker Fine a Holdover; OCR Focuses On Men in Sports, Antisemitism, ‘Biological Truth’

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Nearly six years to the day that Warby Parker reported a breach affecting nearly 200,000 individuals, the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) imposed a $1.5 million fine on the eyewear giant. Investigated by OCR under the Biden...more

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Proposed HIPAA Security Rule Requires AI Governance

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In terms of healthcare data breaches, 2024 was the worst year ever, with the records of at least 53% of the U.S. population involved and two of the biggest healthcare data breaches of 2024 ranking in the top 10 of all time. ...more

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Healthcare Security is Homeland Security: A Discussion with Jonathan Meyer

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In an era where cyber threats are escalating, healthcare has emerged as a critical battleground for security. Its significance has become increasingly crucial as the intersection of healthcare, cybersecurity, and technology...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Healthcare Authority Newsletter - February 2025 #4

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News Briefs - Healthcare Industry Prepares for Stricter FTC Merger Guidelines - The Federal Trade Commission will continue to use stricter guidelines inked by the Biden administration in reviewing corporate mergers, FTC Chair...more

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Decoded - Technology Law Insights, V 6, Issue 2, February 2025

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Welcome to our second issue of 2025 of Decoded - our technology law insights e-newsletter. For those of you with an interest in the Corporate Transparency Act, Brienne Marco and Joe Unger report that the recent injunction...more

Bodman

Resolutions for Healthcare Providers: Part 1 of 2 – Cybersecurity, Privacy and HIPAA Compliance

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As the new year begins, it is useful to review your practice’s processes and policies to ensure that the practice operates with efficiency and remains compliant with ever-changing healthcare regulations....more

Dentons

Ep. 47 – Make Your HIPAA Security Program Dynamic

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“Almost every stage of modern healthcare relies on stable and secure computer and network technologies.” The above is a direct quote from the Office of Civil Rights for Health & Human Services (“OCR”) in its proposed...more

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Data Privacy Insights Part 1: North Carolina Ranks High in Cybercrime Complaints

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The FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) report sheds light on the growing threat of cybercrime, both nationally and within North Carolina. The state ranks among the top 15 in the U.S. for cybercrime complaints,...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

With Nod to OCR, Indiana Inks $350K Deal With Dental Firm Following Hack

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Recent federal enforcement actions have brought home the lesson that there’s really no acceptable reason for denying a patient timely access to medical records. Last year, for example, the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR)...more

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Cybersecurity May Be OCR’s New Year’s Resolution

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) appears to have made cybersecurity its New Year’s resolution. The first few weeks of 2025 have already brought with them proposed amendments to...more

Ankura

Enhancing Cross-Border e-Discovery and Data Breach Investigations with AI

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Today’s interconnected world presents significant challenges for managing cross-border e-discovery and data breach investigations. These processes—critical for legal proceedings and cybersecurity—are often complicated by...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

EnforceMintz — Healing Healthcare? DOJ’s Cybersecurity Enforcement Trained Up for 2025

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In 2024, the Department of Justice (DOJ) pursued significant enforcement activity under its Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative (CCFI). As our readers know, the Deputy Attorney General announced the creation of the CCFI in October...more

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Recent Developments in Health Care Cybersecurity and Oversight: 2024 Wrap Up and 2025 Outlook

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As Cyberattacks targeting the health care sector have continued to intensify over the past year, including ransomware attacks that have resulted in major data breaches impacting health care organizations, the protection of...more

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New Year, New Data Breach Notification Requirements in New York: Impactful Changes for Life Sciences and Consumer Health Care...

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In December 2024, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law two bills (A8872A and S2376B; collectively, the “Bills”) that amend New York’s Data Breach Notification Law. The Bills introduce a maximum thirty-day timeframe...more

Quarles & Brady LLP

Fresh From the Oven: OCR-HHS Issues a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for the HIPAA Security Rule

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‘Tis the season for holiday baking and the elves at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through its Office for Civil Rights (OCR), have been diligently crafting their own holiday treat. On December 27,...more

Cozen O'Connor

The State AG Report – 12.19.2024

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Here are curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: •Illinois AG’s and FTC’s Settlement Takes a $25 Million...more

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A Flurry of Healthcare Sector Cybersecurity Regulatory Developments in 2024

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2024 was a record year for cyberattacks in the healthcare sector. According to the Breach Portal maintained by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office of Civil Rights (“OCR”), to date this year, there...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Privacy Briefs: November 2024

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Change Healthcare Inc. has amended its initial breach report to the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) to state that 100 million individuals were impacted by its mammoth ransomware attack and breach. However, as of Oct. 24,...more

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