Risk Management
There were 39 breach incidents in March, affecting 1,519,521 patient records, Protenus says in a new report.
The agency says St. Jude Medical continued to ship faulty defibrillators despite issues with rapid battery depletion.
Metro Community Provider Network failed to create a security management plan to protect patient data, an HHS investigation found.
A patient accessed the information from a library computer and, nearly a year later, posted it online.
Agency outlines ways manufacturers can protect against cyber attacks, but doesn't mention enforcement.
While the number of providers facing lower reimbursement fell - 257,000 docs were penalized in 2015 and 209,000 in 2016 - the size of the downward adjustment is larger than in years past.
The hack was first noticed on Nov. 7 and confirmed by forensic experts on Nov. 30.
Employees were the source of the majority of these breaches, which gave November the highest number of incidents this year.
Tool has helped Bellin Health close its reimbursement gap by about $2.2 million in one year.
The Tokyo executives declined to answer questions about the correspondence during two days of depositions Nov. 30 and Dec. 1.