
Orthopedic and neurosurgery practice, Rebound Orthopedics & Neurosurgery P.C. based in Vancouver, WA, agreed to a $2,500,000 settlement in a class action lawsuit over a February 2024 data breach that exposed the protected health information (PHI) of 426,536 patients. Security Incident Details Rebound Orthopedics & Neurosurgery experienced unauthorized access to its systems in February 2024, ... Read more
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Information such as addresses and case numbers were publicly viewable for around 32,000 customers with the Illinois Department of Human Services’ division of rehabilitation services and another 670,000 Medicaid and Medicare Savings Program recipients, the agency said.
The number of people impacted by Oracle Health’s hacking incident is not yet confirmed. The data breach may have impacted roughly 80 hospitals, though there is no report to the public yet of the listing of affected hospitals. Oracle Health, in compliance with HIPAA laws, sent notifications to the impacted healthcare company clients, many of ... Read more
New Zealand has initiated a review following a cybersecurity incident affecting a privately run healthcare portal used at national scale.
The review will focus on root cause analysis, adequacy of existing safeguards, and recommendations to strengthen protections for sensitive patient information. The incident highlights the ongoing challenge of securing healthcare platforms that require both accessibility and trust.
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The Trump administration is moving to overrule state laws that protect consumers’ credit reports from medical debt. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has drafted an interpretative rule related to the Fair Credit Reporting Act. This rule suggests that the FCRA should preempt state laws on debt reporting to credit bureaus like Experian, Equifax, and Trans Union. This repeals Biden-era regulations allowing states to implement their own credit reporting bans. More than a dozen states, including New York and Delaware, prohibit reporting medical debt on credit reports. The Kaiser Family Foundation estimates Americans owe roughly $220 billion in medical debt.