HHS OCR and ONC released version 3.7 of the Security Risk Assessment Tool for healthcare organizations.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) released version 3.7 of the Security Risk Assessment (SRA) Tool. The tool helps covered entities conduct HIPAA security risk assessments. ONC and OCR provided guidance on the updates.
AdaptHealth disclosed a breach affecting 4,115,802 people after a socially engineered attacker stole health and insurance data from cloud-based patient systems.
A threat actor used social engineering to hijack a user session at a third-party contractor and gained access to AdaptHealth cloud applications, including patient management and document storage systems, in early June. Names, contact and demographic information, and health and health insurance data were exfiltrated; Social Security numbers and financial information were not affected. AdaptHealth reported 4,115,802 affected individuals to HHS, whose breach portal listed the incident this week; Baylor Genetics separately reported 2,810,878 individuals affected in a related June healthcare breach.
New York healthcare provider Premier Medical Group is notifying 282,075 patients that personal and medical information was stolen in a June breach.
New York healthcare provider Premier Medical Group is notifying 282,075 patients whose personal and medical data was stolen in a June breach. Attackers accessed certain files on June 14 after some systems were disrupted, but PMG has not disclosed how the attack occurred or who was responsible. Exposed data includes names, contact information, dates of birth, treatment and diagnostic details, medication information, and health insurance details. PMG reported the incident to HHS, which added it to its public breach portal this week.