The trial of two doctors accused of criminal HIPAA violations and conspiracy with the Russian government has ended without a final verdict, resulting in a miscarriage of justice. Dr. Anna Gabrielian, 37, a former anesthesiologist at Johns Hopkins University, and her husband Jamie Lee Henry, 40, a ...

The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) investigates reported breaches of protected health information. This includes breaches affecting 500 or more individuals, as well as certain smaller breaches. The purpose of the investigation is to determine ...

The number of hacker attacks in the healthcare sector is growing, leading to the introduction of new regulatory requirements, scrutiny of health data breaches, and compliance initiatives related to the use of Dobbs and Pixel. In addition, the number of lawsuits against healthcare organizations for ...

The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has reached a settlement in a HIPAA investigation involving a business associate in Arkansas. The company in question, MedEvolve, Inc. based in Little Rock, Arkansas, provides practice management, revenue cycle ...

The New York Attorney General has received a payment of $200,000 from a law firm based out of New York, which was recently confronted by a LockBit ransomware attack, to settle the claims of violations of New York General Business Law and the HIPAA's Privacy and Security Rules. The Story of The ...