ocr portal leaked patient data

Did a hacker publish patient information to extort hospitals for money?

Office for Civil Rights. Breach Portal: Notice to the Secretary of HHS Breach of Unsecured Protected Health Information. As required by section 13402 (e) (4) of the HITECH Act, the Secretary must post a list of breaches of unsecured protected health information affecting 500 …

How many patients were affected by the Leon data breach?

Oct 18, 2021 · Premier Patient Healthcare notified, on 30 September 2021, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ('HHS') Office for Civil Rights ('OCR') of a data security incident affecting 37,636 individuals. In particular, Premier outlined that they had discovered evidence …

How many patients are in the Leon Medical Center files?

Next If you have any questions or need help filing a civil rights, conscience or religious freedom, or health information privacy complaint, you may email OCR at OCRMail@hhs.gov or call the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights toll-free at: 1-800-368-1019, …

Was Leon medical centers hacked?

Jun 18, 2018 · OCR releases guidance on sharing patient data The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights released guidance on patients sharing their health …

Can ransomware be used in hospitals?

Some ransomware gangs have declared hospitals off limits, but others have found them particularly ripe targets. The fallout when doctors and nurses suddenly can't access their computers can be severe. And since many hospital chains share the same computer networks across dozens or hundreds of physical locations, a single ransomware infection can delay medical procedures across the country.

What is Google Maps hacking?

Google maps. Hackers have published extensive patient information from two U.S. hospital chains in an apparent attempt to extort them for money. The files, which number in at least the tens of thousands and were posted to a blog on the dark web that the hackers use to name and extort their victims, includes patients’ personal identifying ...

Does OCR include labor costs for electronic copies of PHI?

While the interpretation that only labor costs of “copying” the record, when in electronic format, may be included may seems overly restrictive as it does not allow for legitimate labor costs when producing copies of electronic records, OCR has made this interpretation clear and covered entities should ensure that labor costs for producing an electronic copy of PHI do not include costs of searching for, retrieving, and otherwise preparing the copy. Additionally, it is especially important to review state law on medical records fees. Because either HIPAA or state law can apply (whichever is less expensive), covered entities have little choice but to calculate the costs under each formula and then use whichever is lower.

Do covered entities have access to PHI?

Covered entities should ensure that they can provide access to all PHI in a DRS, not just in the “medical record.” The “medical record” is commonly defined by hospitals in a more limited fashion than HIPAA’s broad definition of PHI in a DRS. Obtaining PHI from a business associates will likely not be necessary in many instances when the business associate only has the same PHI as the covered entity or only has PHI that is not in a DRS. It may be a good exercise for covered entities to determine in advance which business associates will have PHI that does not fall within these categories so that they know which business associates to contact to obtain PHI when needed to respond to a request.