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Entities report several large healthcare data breaches to OCR
Millions of individuals were impacted by the most recent healthcare data breaches reported to HHS.
Minimizing healthcare cyberattacks with network segmentation
Network segmentation can improve security, performance and compliance across healthcare environments.
How Medicaid cuts could endanger rural hospital cybersecurity
Rural hospital cybersecurity funding may be at risk as Medicaid cuts threaten the viability of already resource-strapped rural healthcare facilities.
Biggest healthcare data breaches reported in 2025, so far
More than 29 million individuals were affected by healthcare data breaches in the first half of 2025.
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Latest News
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CMS, FBI warn healthcare entities about fraud, phishing scam
Criminals are impersonating health insurers and sending fraudulent fax requests for medical records and documentation as part of an ongoing phishing scam, the FBI and CMS warned.
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Texas court vacates HIPAA reproductive health privacy rule
A Texas U.S. district judge struck down the 2024 modifications to the HIPAA Privacy Rule that aimed to strengthen protections for reproductive healthcare data.
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Episource data breach affects 5.4M individuals
IT vendor Episource suffered a ransomware attack earlier this year that resulted in a multi-million-record data breach that impacted its health plan and provider customers.
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Lawmakers introduce bipartisan healthcare cybersecurity bill
The Healthcare Cybersecurity Act aims to increase coordination between HHS and CISA, particularly during active cyberattacks.
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Kettering Health resumes normal operations after cyberattack
Kettering Health restored its normal operations three weeks after the Interlock ransomware group launched a cyberattack against its systems.
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Healthcare leaders make strides with cyber resilience: Report
Healthcare leaders are increasingly recognizing cyber resilience as a business imperative, due in part to the heightened volume of cyberattacks, data breaches and AI-driven threats.
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Understaffed, underfunded: Health IT security for small, rural providers
Under-resourced providers face the same healthcare cybersecurity challenges as their larger counterparts but often lack the staffing and support to effectively manage risk.
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Navigating HIPAA's reproductive healthcare data privacy rule
Compliance with a final rule to support reproductive healthcare data privacy can help entities mitigate risk despite the rule’s various legal challenges.
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How to prepare for OCR's HIPAA audit program
After a long hiatus, OCR's HIPAA audit program is returning, this time with a focus on HIPAA Security Rule provisions surrounding hacking and ransomware.
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How does HHS resolve HIPAA complaints?
The HHS Office for Civil Rights evaluates every HIPAA complaint it receives and resolves each with an appropriate resolution, from technical assistance to corrective actions.