Multiple hospital groups, including the American Medical Association and CHIME, are urging the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to ensure that Change Healthcare, a UnitedHealthcare subsidiary, complies with breach notification protocols following a February cyberattack. In a letter to HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra, the groups called for clarity on how the department will enforce HIPAA-related reporting requirements. They emphasized the need for Change Healthcare to assume full responsibility for breach notifications, relieving affected providers of this obligation. UnitedHealthcare has stated it will notify impacted parties once the nature of the compromised information is confirmed and manage the necessary administrative tasks.

Hospital groups urge feds to hold Change accountable for breach notifications Becker's Hospital Review

WebTPA, a Texas-based health plan administration services provider, is notifying over 2.4 million individuals about a data breach discovered in December, which had occurred more than a year prior. The breach, involving a network server, compromised personal information such as names, contact details, Social Security numbers, and insurance information, but not financial or medical treatment data. Following the detection, WebTPA initiated security measures, conducted an investigation with third-party cybersecurity experts, and informed federal authorities. The incident highlights the increasing vulnerability of business associates in the healthcare sector to cyberattacks and underscores the importance of robust incident response and breach analysis protocols. Affected individuals are being offered two years of identity and credit monitoring services.

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Superior Air-Ground Ambulance Service has notified over 858,000 individuals of a data breach that occurred in 2023, where sensitive information was compromised. The company discovered unusual activity in May 2023, and further investigation revealed that between May 15 and May 23, an unauthorized actor had copied certain files containing personal and medical information. The breach impacts names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and other sensitive data. Superior is now taking steps to notify affected individuals as per HIPAA regulations. Meanwhile, another ambulance service, DocGo, reported a similar cybersecurity incident but has yet to provide detailed disclosures. This highlights the unique challenges faced by mobile medical services in securing sensitive information. Multiple law firms have begun investigating potential claims against Superior related to this breach.

Air-Ground Ambulance Firm Tells 858,000 of Hack 1 Year Ago BankInfoSecurity

At Google I/O 2024, Google unveiled several advancements in AI technologies that are set to significantly impact daily tasks and creative processes. Key announcements included the integration of Gemini AI across products, enhanced AI features in Google TV, Maps, Photos, and Gmail, and new AI models such as Veo and Imagen 3 for high-definition video and text-to-image generation. Google Search will incorporate 'AI Overviews' and multimodal search abilities, improving contextual and interactive searches. Project Astra, a prototype AI assistant capable of real-time object and audio recognition, was also introduced. These developments reflect Google's intent to embed AI deeply into its ecosystem, offering substantial productivity and customer experience improvements while redefining the future of AI-assisted tasks and content creation.

AInsights: At Google I/O, AI Becomes An Extension of All You Do and Create, and Its Going to Change...Everything - Brian Solis publication

Multiple hospital groups, including the American Medical Association and CHIME, are urging the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to ensure that Change Healthcare, a UnitedHealthcare subsidiary, complies with breach notification protocols following a February cyberattack. In a letter to HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra, the groups called for clarity on how the department will enforce HIPAA-related reporting requirements. They emphasized the need for Change Healthcare to assume full responsibility for breach notifications, relieving affected providers of this obligation. UnitedHealthcare has stated it will notify impacted parties once the nature of the compromised information is confirmed and manage the necessary administrative tasks.

Hospital groups urge feds to hold Change accountable for breach notifications Becker's Hospital Review

WebTPA, a Texas-based health plan administration services provider, is notifying over 2.4 million individuals about a data breach discovered in December, which had occurred more than a year prior. The breach, involving a network server, compromised personal information such as names, contact details, Social Security numbers, and insurance information, but not financial or medical treatment data. Following the detection, WebTPA initiated security measures, conducted an investigation with third-party cybersecurity experts, and informed federal authorities. The incident highlights the increasing vulnerability of business associates in the healthcare sector to cyberattacks and underscores the importance of robust incident response and breach analysis protocols. Affected individuals are being offered two years of identity and credit monitoring services.

Health Plan Services Firm Notifying 2.4 Million of PHI Theft bankinfosecurity

Superior Air-Ground Ambulance Service has notified over 858,000 individuals of a data breach that occurred in 2023, where sensitive information was compromised. The company discovered unusual activity in May 2023, and further investigation revealed that between May 15 and May 23, an unauthorized actor had copied certain files containing personal and medical information. The breach impacts names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and other sensitive data. Superior is now taking steps to notify affected individuals as per HIPAA regulations. Meanwhile, another ambulance service, DocGo, reported a similar cybersecurity incident but has yet to provide detailed disclosures. This highlights the unique challenges faced by mobile medical services in securing sensitive information. Multiple law firms have begun investigating potential claims against Superior related to this breach.

Air-Ground Ambulance Firm Tells 858,000 of Hack 1 Year Ago BankInfoSecurity

At Google I/O 2024, Google unveiled several advancements in AI technologies that are set to significantly impact daily tasks and creative processes. Key announcements included the integration of Gemini AI across products, enhanced AI features in Google TV, Maps, Photos, and Gmail, and new AI models such as Veo and Imagen 3 for high-definition video and text-to-image generation. Google Search will incorporate 'AI Overviews' and multimodal search abilities, improving contextual and interactive searches. Project Astra, a prototype AI assistant capable of real-time object and audio recognition, was also introduced. These developments reflect Google's intent to embed AI deeply into its ecosystem, offering substantial productivity and customer experience improvements while redefining the future of AI-assisted tasks and content creation.

AInsights: At Google I/O, AI Becomes An Extension of All You Do and Create, and Its Going to Change...Everything - Brian Solis publication