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Latest Health Data Breaches News The 10 Biggest Healthcare Data Breaches of 2019
Latest Health Data Breaches News The 10 Biggest Healthcare Data Breaches of 2019, So Far Hackers have hit the ground running in 2019, with sophisticated cyberattacks impacting millions of individuals; phishing and vendors continue to be a major pain point.
Equifax data breach previously nobody is safe out there
HHS Breach Portal: "As required by section 13402(e)(4) of the HITECH Act, the Secretary must post a list of breaches of unsecured protected health information affecting 500 or more individuals. The following breaches have been reported to the Secretary ..." https://ocrportal.hhs.gov/ocr/breach/breach_report.jsf
It seems that companies in the business of providing record keeping services view these breaches, and any associated fines, as nothing more than the cost of doing business. From the original cite:
“Yes, the Department of Health and Services may fine, states may fine, but I may be able to use insurance against all those fines."
Instead of designing security in, just pay the fine (or let your business insurer do that), raise your fees to health care providers to cover this service equivalent of retail "shrinkage". The health care providers in turn raise their fees, healthcare costs rise, and we all pay more.
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https://ocrportal.hhs.gov/ocr/breach/breach_report.jsf
Reported data breaches 2009 - 2018 (including the 2015 78.8M record hack at Anthem):
https://www.hipaajournal.com/healthcare-data-breach-statistics/
It seems that companies in the business of providing record keeping services view these breaches, and any associated fines, as nothing more than the cost of doing business. From the original cite:Instead of designing security in, just pay the fine (or let your business insurer do that), raise your fees to health care providers to cover this service equivalent of retail "shrinkage". The health care providers in turn raise their fees, healthcare costs rise, and we all pay more.
We're just seen as "customers" with checkbooks.