Cyber Insurance for Healthcare

Cyber Insurance Helps Hospital Recover from Hack & Identify Location of Stolen Data

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“This past summer’s cyber attack on (New York state’s) Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center in Ogdensburg and Carthage Area Hospital consumes CEO Rich Duvall’s day-to-day job…Not paying the ransom, dealing with the hack almost daily with rebuilding a system, paying lawyers, and working with the IT team and consultants has to be costly,” this article reports. The … Read more

Lafourche Medical Group Settles with HHS in First-Ever Phishing Case

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In a landmark move, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced a settlement with Lafourche Medical Group, a Louisiana-based healthcare provider. This marks the first-ever settlement by OCR regarding a phishing attack under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). The settlement stems from a 2021 incident … Read more

Ardent Health Services Addresses Cybersecurity Incident

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Healthcare provider Ardent Health Services faces a cybersecurity challenge with a ransomware attack affecting its information technology systems. While the full extent of compromised patient health or financial data is unknown, Ardent emphasizes patient safety as its top priority. In a statement, Ardent said they “became aware of an information technology cybersecurity incident on the … Read more

Did This Large Medical Practice Have too Much Cyber Insurance?

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OrthoVirginia Inc., with 105 surgeons across Virginia, was hit by Ryuk ransomware, which among other damage took down the practice’s database of X-rays. It took the organization 18 months to get back all its systems. This report has interesting details on the response. Notable is the mention of conflicts between the company’s malpractice and cyber … Read more

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