E-Medical Record Provider Attacked by Ransomware

Press reports indicate that the cloud services provided by Greenway Health have been impacted by a ransomware attack. Greenway Health is used as an electronic medical record provider under the product name, Intergy by over 10,000 health care providers in the United States. If your practice or facility is using Intergy services, we can assist you in reaching out to Greenway Health to obtain certain assurances regarding your data and platform.

Covered Entity Pays $31,000 for Failing to Obtain Business Associate Agreement

Last week, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Civil Rights (OCR) agreed to a $31,000 payment from a covered entity as a penalty for failing to have one necessary Business Associate Agreement in place. OCR has fined several covered entities in excess of $1 million for failing to perform a risk analysis and failing to have proper policies and procedures in place to implement HIPAA.