HIPAA Pulse
Beyond OCR enforcement, healthcare organizations face class action lawsuits, state attorney general actions, and civil litigation following data breaches. A single breach can trigger multi-million dollar settlements, reputational damage, and years of legal proceedings. These cases establish precedents that affect every covered entity and business associate.
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Scott McClallen reports: A federal jury in the Eastern District of Michigan convicted a Michigan nurse and home health care agency owner yesterday for operating a $1.6 million scheme to defraud Medicare. Court documents say that Ruby Scott, 55, of Farmington Hills, Michigan, owned and operated Delta Home Health Care LLC. From 2018 through 2021,... Source
He's 20 years old and has just been sentenced to 6 1/2 years in prison. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia announced today: WASHINGTON – Marlon Ferro, 20, of Santa Ana, California, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 78 months in prison in connection with his role in a sprawling social engineering conspiracy that stole well over $250 million... Source
From the DOJ's press release: A Latvian national was sentenced today to 102 months in prison for his role in a major Russian ransomware organization that stole from and extorted over 54 companies. According to court documents, Deniss Zolotarjovs (Денисс Золотарёвс), 35, of Moscow, Russia, was a member of a ransomware organization led by former... Source
Caitlyn Rosen reports: A class of Michiganders asserted in a federal lawsuit filed Thursday that a Thomson Reuters search engine wrongfully published their Social Security numbers. In an 11-page lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, the class claims Reuters search engines publicly displayed plaintiffs’ social security numbers in... Source
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