Healthcare fintech firm HealthEquity is warning that it suffered a data breach after a partner's account was compromised and used to access the company's systems to steal protected health information.

The Change Healthcare cyberattack compromised the protected health information of at least 100 million people, according to The HIPAA Journal. This represents a third of the population in the United ...

LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) – Acadian Ambulance said Thursday a hacker group was able to gain access to protected health information of their customers earlier this year. “Upon further investigation, it ...

With the expansion in Health Information Exchange across the country along with instant availability of medical records, it is becoming harder to secure protected health information (PHI) of patients.

Effective December 23, 2024, HIPAA-covered entities and their business associates will be required to comply with new restrictions on how protected health information may be used and disclosed for ...

Offshoring protected health information (PHI) occurs anytime a patient’s health information is accessed, stored, or transmitted outside the United States or its territories. With the growing use of ...

The breach apparently occurred in March and was not discovered until June 26, leaving hackers more than three months inside the network, the company says. "We discovered some unauthorized access to ...

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, consumer-rights law firm FeganScott announced that it has launched an investigation into Blue Shield of California, one of the largest healthcare insurance providers ...

MADISON (WKOW) -- The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) announced Friday the protected health information of nearly 20,000 Wisconsin Medicaid members might have been exposed due to a ...

What are the rules regarding the type of information that can be released by an emergency department/hospital to the various law enforcement agencies in their investigations of either an alleged ...