- Chief Compliance Officer and VP of Legal Affairs, Arrow Electronics
By 
Kyle Brasseur2023-11-01T22:10:00
A Massachusetts-based medical management company agreed to pay $100,000 in settling the first ransomware agreement under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) reached by the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (HHS OCR).
Doctors’ Management Service filed a breach report with the HHS in April 2019 regarding a ransomware attack that impacted more than 200,000 individuals, the agency said in a press release Tuesday. The company first detected the breach in December 2018, though it determined the initial access dated back to April 2017.
The HIPAA privacy, security, and breach notification rules set requirements regulated entities must follow to protect the privacy and security of health information.
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Louisiana-based Lafourche Medical Group agreed to pay $480,000 as part of the first phishing attack-related settlement the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights has reached under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
Saint Joseph’s Medical Center agreed to pay $80,000 as part of a settlement with the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights for potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
L.A. Care Health Plan agreed to pay $1.3 million to settle allegations by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services it potentially violated the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act.
USAA Federal Savings Bank has been hit with its third cease and desist order from the Treasury Department’s Office of the Comptroller of the Currency in the past five years for failing to correct unsafe and unsound banking practices.
Becton Dickinson medical device company will pay $175 million for “repeatedly” misleading investors about its Alaris infusion pump, a product the company knew was flawed and was sold without the required patient-safety approvals, the Securities and Exchange Commission said.
The Securities and Exchange Commission charged bankrupt fashion retailer Express with failing to disclose nearly $1 million in perks to a former chief executive, but did not levy a financial penalty thanks to its cooperation, the SEC said.
