Posts Tagged ‘New York’

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.

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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

H1N1 information disclosure and HIPAA

Information distributed by the Health Department may have not been factually correct on two H1N1 cases due to worries about patient privacy and HIPAA. ..."When you're in a community as small as ours, the potential exists that people can deduce who it might be, who we are talking about, so you have to regard the right to privacy."...

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