Healthcare organizations face pressure to remedy cyber weak-spots
(World News Science)

Beazley Breach Insights Healthcare organizations face pressure to remedy cyber weak-spots Speculation that the Office for Civil Rights (OCR), the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) enforcer, may be less active under the current administration has proven untrue. Over the last year, OCR was quite busy. Analysis of OCR`s 2018 activity by Beazley`s in house breach response team, Beazley Breach Response (BBR) Services, reveals these highlights: OCR issued the largest Resolution Agreement payment to date - $16 million against Anthem in its capacity as a HIPAA business associate as the result of its 2015 data breach affecting over 78 million individuals` protected...