A website error on Health-e-Arizona Plus, the eligibility portal for the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System, revealed the name address, and last four digits of 2,632 Medicaid members' social security numbers on May 11, 2023.
In the first six months of 2023, more than 39 million Americans were impacted by breaches of...Arizona News
The incident happened in late February when PFC USA, which contracts with Summit Healthcare for the collection of unpaid account balances, detected and stopped a sophisticated ransomware attack. The unauthorized third party accessed and disabled some of PFC’s computer systems impacting around 1,400 individuals.
Federal law...Arizona News
Banner Health is finally paying up after a June 2016 cyberattack; the health system agreed to a $6 million settlement last month. The security incident was said to have impacted 3.7 million people and turned into a class-action suit in 2017 after 11 individually filed suits.
The settlement includes free insurance coverage for...National News
A security breach reported by the American Medical Collection Agency (AMCA) earlier last month could have resulted in stolen personal, financial and medical information of almost 20 million patients from LabCorp and Quest Diagnostics combined.
Quest Diagnostics was the first to report the transgression in a Securities and Exchange...Arizona News
The personal information of approximately 75,000 people was breached last month after a government run healthcare sign-up system was hacked. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the news on Friday, Oct. 19 just a few weeks before the Affordable Care Act exchange opens up for open enrollment.
CMS administrator...