New power for AG’s: Civil action for HITECH/HIPAA.
Two Data Security Breaches Give State Attorneys General a Chance to Exercise Their New HIPAA Powers. State AG's now have the authority to investigate and levy fines for HIPAA/HITECH.
Categories: Healthcare, Uncategorized Tags: Anthem, Arizona, Conneticut, Credit Monitoring, Health Net, HIPAA, HITECH Act, New Jersey, New York
Health Net : 1.5 million records
Security breach may have affected 1.5 million patient records
- California based Health Net
- Lost an external hard drive six months ago that was not encrypted
- Patient records from multiple states include New York, Connecticut, Arizona and New Jersey.
- Attorney General is investigating, including the time it took to report the incident
- Free credit monitoring for two years will be offered to those effected
Full article: Health Net healthcare data breach affects1.5 million
Categories: Healthcare, Uncategorized Tags: Arizona, Connecticut, Credit Monitoring, Encryption, Hard drive lost, HIPAA, HITECH Act, New Jersey, New York