"Latest Healthcare Data Breaches Have Varying Impacts on Health Data"

Legacy Post Acute Care in California notified patients of a data breach between January 19 and March 3, 2022. In September, an unauthorized party accessed several employee email accounts over two months. Patient names, Social Security numbers, treatment information, health insurance information, financial information, prescription information, and more were all stored in the email accounts. Legacy Post Acute Care stated that it was not aware of any identity fraud or information misuse related to the incident. The Administrative Fund of the Detectives' Endowment Association, Inc., Police Department of New York (NYCDEA) reported a data breach that involved Protected Health Information (PHI) on more than 21,000 individuals. In December 2021, the NYCDEA discovered suspicious activity in its email system. Although the incident was discovered last year, the investigation into the effects of the breach was not completed until October 3, 2022. Names, addresses, financial account numbers, medical history, health insurance information, usernames and passwords, dates of birth, and driver's license numbers may have been involved in the incident, depending on the individual. The NYCDEA stated that it had no evidence that any information had been misused. The organization provided affected individuals with a year of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services. This article continues to discuss the latest string of healthcare data breach notifications from a California post-acute care facility, a New York police union, and a Colorado Federal Qualified Health Center (FQHC).

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