Home Health & Hospice Week

Industry Note:

Hospice Reveals Another HIPAA Breach

Alive Hospice in Nashville is reporting another HIPAA breach, about a year after one involving a successful phishing scam (see Eli’s HCW, Vol. XXVII, No. 27). This time around, Alive Hospice “became aware of unusual activity related to an employee’s email account” and quickly investigated, it says in a release. It found “an unauthorized individual” gained access to the employee’s [...]
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