Deeper Dive: The Landscape of Healthcare Data Breaches

By Lynn Sessions, Patrick H. Haggerty and Kimberly Gordy on April 24, 2019 Posted in HIPAA/HITECH, Medical Privacy

Healthcare was the industry most affected by data breaches in 2018. We worked on nearly 200 healthcare matters involving multispecialty academic medical centers, hospital systems, small and large physician practices, small and large health insurers, and biotech and pharmaceutical companies. In 2018, health information alone was just behind Social Security numbers (which can also be … Continue Reading

Deeper Dive: Healthcare Incidents Involving More Than 500 Individuals Are Investigated 100 Percent of the Time

By Lynn Sessions on June 12, 2015 Posted in HIPAA/HITECH, Incident Response, Medical Privacy

We have released the inaugural BakerHostetler Data Security Incident Response Report, which provides insights generated from the review of more than 200 incidents that our attorneys advised on in 2014. The report confirms the prevalence of healthcare data breaches stemming from the implementation of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act … Continue Reading

OCR Updates Breach Report Web Portal — Changes Could Impact Annual Breach Reports

By Lynn Sessions and Cory J. Fox on February 4, 2015 Posted in HIPAA/HITECH, Medical Privacy

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) recently launched an updated version of the portal covered entities must use to notify OCR regarding a breach of unsecured protected health information (PHI) under 45 C.F.R. § 164.408, and the changes could impact covered entities planning to submit their 2014 … Continue Reading