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calHIPAA has been delivering HIPAA news and advice for over 20 years. calhipaa.com

Joined January 2024
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2024 OCR Annual Reports Detail HIPAA Compliance Activity and Data Breaches: calhipaa.com/2024-ocr-annual…

2024 OCR Annual Reports Detail HIPAA Compliance Activity and Data Breaches - calHIPAA

OCR submitted its annual reports to Congress for calendar year 2024 covering HIPAA compliance activities and breaches of unsecured protected health information (PHI), documenting 663 large data...

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Delta Home Healthcare Owner Convicted in $1.6 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme: calhipaa.com/delta-home-heal…

Delta Home Healthcare Owner Convicted in $1.6 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme - calHIPAA

Ruby Scott of Farmington Hills, Michigan, is the 55-year-old owner of Delta Home Health Care LLC, who has been convicted by a federal jury of healthcare fraud and illegal healthcare kickback offenses...

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Endue Software has agreed to an $870,000 settlement to resolve a consolidated class action lawsuit related to a cyberattack and data breach that affected more than 118,000 individuals.
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Endue Software Settles Data Breach Class Action Lawsuit for $870,000 calhipaa.com/endue-software-…
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Endue Software Settles Data Breach Class Action Lawsuit for $870,000 calhipaa.com/endue-software-…

Endue Software Settles Data Breach Class Action Lawsuit for $870,000 - calHIPAA

Endue Software has agreed to an $870,000 settlement to resolve a consolidated class action lawsuit related to a cyberattack and data breach that affected more than 118,000 individuals. Endue Software...

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Healthcare Data Breach Report for March 2026 calhipaa.com/healthcare-data…

Healthcare Data Breach Report for March 2026 - calHIPAA

March 2026 healthcare data breach reporting shows 44 healthcare data breaches affecting 500 or more individuals reported to the HHS Office for Civil Rights, with 1,523,376 individuals impacted...

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Joint Commission and AHA Launch Cyber Resilience Readiness Program for Hospitals calhipaa.com/joint-commissio…

Joint Commission and AHA Launch Cyber Resilience Readiness Program for Hospitals - calHIPAA

Joint Commission and the American Hospital Association (AHA) created a Cyber Resilience Readiness program for healthcare providers to support safe clinical operations in times of cyber-related...

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Joint Commission and AHA Launch Cyber Resilience Readiness Program for Hospitals calhipaa.com/joint-commissio…

Joint Commission and AHA Launch Cyber Resilience Readiness Program for Hospitals - calHIPAA

Joint Commission and the American Hospital Association (AHA) created a Cyber Resilience Readiness program for healthcare providers to support safe clinical operations in times of cyber-related...

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Chattanooga Heart Institute Agrees to $3.75M Settlement to Resolve Its Data Breach Lawsuit calhipaa.com/chattanooga-hea…

Chattanooga Heart Institute Agrees to $3.75M Settlement to Resolve Its Data Breach Lawsuit -...

A $3.75 million settlement has been agreed to resolve a data breach lawsuit involving Memorial Heart Institute, doing business as Chattanooga Heart Institute in Tennessee, following a 2023 cyberatt...

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Healthcare Data Breach Report for February 2026 calhipaa.com/healthcare-data…

Healthcare Data Breach Report for February 2026 - calHIPAA

February 2026 recorded 63 healthcare data breaches affecting 500 or more individuals, exposing the protected health information (PHI) of at least 8,134,378 individuals and reflecting both an increase...

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Healthcare Sector Remains the #1 Cyberattacks Target hipaacoach.com/what-is-consi…

What is Considered PHI Under HIPAA? - HIPAA Coach

Protected health information under HIPAA is individually identifiable health information that relates to an individual’s past, present, or future physical or mental health or condition, the provision...

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Improper Access to Medical Records by GuardDog Telehealth Through HIEs calhipaa.com/improper-access…

Improper Access to Medical Records by GuardDog Telehealth Through HIEs - calHIPAA

GuardDog Telehealth acknowledged that it accessed patient medical records through health information exchange systems for purposes not related to treatment and shared the information with law firms...

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Long Island Plastic Surgical Group Pays $2.6 Million to Settle Cybersecurity Incident Lawsuit calhipaa.com/long-island-pla…

Long Island Plastic Surgical Group Pays $2.6 Million to Settle Cybersecurity Incident Lawsuit -...

Long Island Plastic Surgical Group, P.C. has agreed to establish a $2,600,000 settlement fund to resolve class action litigation related to unauthorized access to its computer systems on or about...

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January 2026 Healthcare Data Breach Activity and Cybersecurity Incidents calhipaa.com/january-2026-he…

January 2026 Healthcare Data Breach Activity and Cybersecurity Incidents - calHIPAA

Forty six large healthcare data breaches affecting 1,441,182 individuals were reported in January 2026 based on data listed on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights...

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How do you Select the Best HIPAA Training? calhipaa.com/how-do-you-sele…

How do you Select the Best HIPAA Training? - calHIPAA

The best HIPAA staff training is an online program with current content maintained by HIPAA subject matter experts that teaches the HIPAA Privacy Rule, HIPAA Security Rule, and HIPAA Breach Notific...

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Is Outlook HIPAA compliant? calhipaa.com/is-outlook-hipa…

Is Outlook HIPAA compliant? - calHIPAA

Outlook can be used for HIPAA-regulated email when the organization uses it within a Microsoft service arrangement that includes a business associate agreement, and when Outlook and the underlying...

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December 2025 Healthcare Data Breach Report zurl.co/aLBVS

December 2025 Healthcare Data Breach Report

In the final month of 2025, a further 41 healthcare data breaches affecting 500 or more individuals were reported to the Department of Health and Human In December 2025, 41 large data breaches were...

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Investigation of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Montana for Delayed Data Breach Notification calhipaa.com/investigation-o…

Investigation of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Montana for Delayed Data Breach Notification - calHIPAA

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Montana (BCBSMT) is being investigated for potential non-compliance with Montana’s breach notification rules after a data breach resulted in the compromise of sensitive...

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HIPAA Training for Pharmacy Staff calhipaa.com/hipaa-training-…

HIPAA Training for Pharmacy Staff - calHIPAA

HIPAA training for pharmacy staff means teaching every workforce member how to protect protected health information during dispensing, counseling, billing, and daily customer interactions. In a...

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Mystic Valley Elder Services Pays $520,000 to Settle Its Class Action Data Breach Litigation calhipaa.com/mystic-valley-e…

Mystic Valley Elder Services Pays $520,000 to Settle Its Class Action Data Breach Litigation -...

The Mystic Valley Elder Services based in Malden, Massachusetts decided to pay $520,000 to resolve a combined class action litigation associated with a data breach in April 5, 2024. Unauthorized...

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HIPAA-Covered Entities’ Responsibilities to Provide Children’s Medical Records to Parents calhipaa.com/hipaa-covered-e…

HIPAA-Covered Entities' Responsibilities to Provide Children’s Medical Records to Parents - calHIPAA

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has released a “Dear Colleague” notice telling HIPAA-covered entities about their responsibilities under the HIPAA...

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