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AMA considers legal action against Change Healthcare
Physicians proposed that the American Medical Association explore the possibility of filing a class-action lawsuit against Change Healthcare to help medical practices recoup losses from the cyberattack on the Optum subsidiary. -
Scripps Health CEO: Fear keeps systems from reporting cyberattacks
Chris Van Gorder, president and CEO of San Diego-based Scripps Health, which was hit with a ransomware attack in May 2021, discussed in an American Hospital Association podcast that healthcare organizations often hesitate to speak publicly about such incidents out of fear. -
Hospital hasn't paid ransomware settlement, patient says
A hospital that agreed to a settlement over a baby's death amid a 2019 ransomware attack has not paid, the plaintiff alleges. -
HHS: Change responsible for notifying patients about data breach
UnitedHealth Group's Change Healthcare is responsible for notifying affected individuals about data privacy breaches that occurred as a result of the cyberattack on the company in late February, HHS said May 31. -
Mass General Brigham affiliate reports data breach
Belmont, Mass.-based McLean Hospital, part of Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham, reported unauthorized access to an email archive containing potentially sensitive information. -
Mercy settles data breach lawsuit for $1.8M
St. Louis-based Mercy has agreed to pay $1.8 million to settle a lawsuit over a 2020 data breach. -
Ascension hack: What's new in 11 states and DC
St. Louis-based Ascension continues to recover from a May 8 ransomware attack that took its IT network offline. -
HHS targets single points of failure in healthcare cybersecurity
The February cyberattack on Change Healthcare has led HHS to develop a map detailing the cybersecurity risks linked to the dominance of a single technology supplier, referred to as a single point of failure, The Wall Street Journal reported May 30. -
Senator urges probe of UnitedHealth 'negligence' in Change hack
Sen. Ron Wyden is urging regulators to investigate UnitedHealth Group for what he termed "negligent" security practices, which he believes contributed to the February cyberattack on its subsidiary Change Healthcare. -
Hospitals take fewer patients after cyberattacks
Hospitals reduce patient intake following a ransomware attack, Politico reported May 29. -
Ascension restores EHR in 1st market after cyberattack
St. Louis-based Ascension has restored access to its EHR in its first market following a May 8 ransomware attack. -
Russian hackers targeting healthcare
Most attacks on U.S. healthcare are coming from Russia, ABC affiliate KGTV reported May 28. -
UChicago Medicine reports employee email breach
An unauthorized user or users accessed the email accounts of a "small number" of University of Chicago Medicine employees, potentially compromising patient health information. -
Hackers access emails of 2 pediatric health system staffers
Hackers accessed the emails of two pediatric health system employees, exposing patient data. -
Ascension expects progress on IT outage soon
St. Louis-based Ascension said it expects patients and providers to notice progress on its cyberattack response after Memorial Day weekend. -
7 health systems hit by cybersecurity incidents in May
Several hospitals and health systems have reported cybersecurity incidents that have led to compromised patient data and IT systems during May. -
How Change Healthcare hack affected a hospital's financials
A Wyoming hospital said its financial situation is improving since the Change Healthcare hack but is not back to where it was before the February cyberattack, the Powell (Wyo.) Tribune reported. -
Hospital employee accidentally emails data on thousands of patients
A hospital employee inadvertently attached a file to a patient email that exposed the data of thousands of other patients. -
Ascension cyberattack: Updates from 11 states and DC
Ascension, a 140-hospital system based in St. Louis, continued to deal with the fallout of a ransomware attack more than two weeks after the hack took its IT network offline. -
Breach affects 400,000 patients at Texas hospital
In April, hackers breached the IT network of CentroMed, a healthcare provider based in San Antonio, Texas, compromising the protected health information of 400,000 patients.
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