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February health care data breaches overview:
- Who: A report from the HIPAA Journal revealed that there was a “small uptick” in data breaches affecting the health care industry during the month of February.
- Why: The total of 43 data breaches involving 500 or more records reported this month is in line with a past-three-month total of 41.
- Where: The data breaches affected medical patients nationwide.
There was a “small uptick” in health care data breaches in February, according to a recent report by the HIPAA Journal.
The number of health care data breaches has “remained fairly flat” over the past three months, meanwhile, according to the report, which revealed that a total of 43 data breaches of 500 or more records was reported to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Civil Rights last month.
The total was below the 12-month average of 57.4 data breaches reported per month, according to the HIPAA Journal, which found it instead was more in-line with a past-three-month total of 41 data breaches reported.
The average is down from a total of 50.6 breaches per month that were reported during the same period last year, reports the HIPAA Journal.
There was a “sizable month-over-month increase in breached records,” however, with the report finding the amount of breached records jumped 418.7% in February for a total of 5,520,291 breached records.
The report found the month of February was also “well above the monthly average” for breached records a month of 4,472,186, an increase attributed to a data breach that impacted more than 3.3 million patients.
Largest February health care data breach affected four medical groups belonging to the Heritage Provider Network, report says
Four medical groups in California belonging to the Heritage Provider Network were the target of the large data breach, which, at the time, was the largest health care data breach of the year so far, the HIPAA Journal reports.
Rounding out the top five largest data breaches for February, meanwhile, were attacks targeting CentraState Healthcare System, Cardiovascular Associates, Reventics and Highmark, in that order, according to the report.
A data breach reported earlier this month that affected 4.4 million patients of Independent Living Systems has since overtaken the record for the largest of the year, the HIPAA Journal reports.
A class action lawsuit was filed against Highmark last month by an anonymous patient arguing the health care company failed to protect the health and personally identifiable information of its patients during a December 2022 data breach.
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38 thoughts onHealth care data breaches increase in February, according to report
I think all of my information has been leaked. Please put me on the list. Three or 4 times this year someone has tried using my information. I lived in illinois , iowa , Ohio, Michigan. Doctors just don’t care anymore and this is sad. Usps has had a big issue with getting me my medical bills and my insurance company has had the wrong address for over a year even though we took all the appropriate steps to get our mail sent to our new place of residence. How many times do I need to tell my insurance company where I live. My goodness…
I received a letter from Tennessee Orthopaedic Clinics that there was a security incident with patients info. It happened between March 20th and March 24th. They got all of my personal info. Medical records weren’t breached.
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I recently received a notice in the mail that my dental insurance MCNAdental had a data breach. The letter states that my 3 children, my husband and myself may have had our information leaked due to this. And they are offering free identity theft for 1 yr. I honestly think this is BS. My children didn’t ask for this to happen let alone myself. So what happens after a yr? I have to come out of pocket because their systems are equipped with the state of the art firewall no hacking systems. So whoever has MCNAdental watch out you were probably hit as well
I received a notice last year about the data breach. I have Caresource so I’m not sure if it was one touch point or Maximus. I would have to look for the letter. I hope I still have it. I didn’t know I would need it. But it said my ss# date of birth, my address, and my medical records. Well what else is there? They hit everything. I would like to be added to the list. Please notify me if I qualify.
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Please add me. I received notice of data breech last week
Please add me to your list, I never received information from the medical breach last year. Thank you.
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Neglected abuse and data breech on my mother’s medical records were copy paste I have proof