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Solara Medical Supplies to pay $3M to settle cyber violations

January 23, 2025HME News Staff

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights, has announced a $3 million settlement with Solara Medical Supplies concerning potential violations of HIPAA Security and Breach Notification rules caused by a phishing incident.    In November 2019, OCR received a breach report concerning a phishing attack in which an unauthorized third party gained access to the email accounts of eight Solara employees between April and June 2019, resulting...

Cyberattack, Phishing scam, Solara Medical Supplies


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Medtrade preview: Prepare, test, communicate 

January 8, 2025Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor

DALLAS – Consistent communication and strong security are the keys to navigating cyberattacks at your business, says Medtrade speaker Seth Weinstein of Medical Service Company.  HME News spoke with Weinstein, vice president of finance for MSC, about why cyberattacks like the Change Healthcare breach in 2024 will continue to be part of doing business and why providers need be prepared.  HME News: What do you think is the biggest lesson learned from the Change Healthcare attack...

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Tycon Medical reports cyber incident 

January 6, 2025HME News Staff

NORFOLK, Va. – Tycon Medical Systems, a HME provider and distributor based here, has filed a notice with the Attorney General of Massachusetts of a cybersecurity incident that affected personal information. In a letter to customers, the company provides information about placing security freezes on their credit reports through Equifax, Experian or TransUnion. It also offers customers the opportunity to enroll in complementary credit monitoring and identity theft protection services, including...

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In brief: UHC delays Synapse agreement, NCPA files cyberattack lawsuit & more 

July 24, 2024HME News Staff

MINNEAPOLIS – UnitedHealthcare recently notified HME providers that it is delaying the implementation of its new capitated arrangement with Synapse Health for standard DME in Georgia and North Carolina, AAHomecare has reported.  The arrangement, which impacts the insurer’s Medicare Advantage plan members enrolled in HMO and PPO plans in the two states, will now go into effect Sept. 1 instead of Aug. 1 to allow more time for providers to familiarize themselves with new processes...

Change Healthcare, Cyberattack, National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA), Synapse Health, UnitedHealthcare


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NCPA, providers sue UnitedHealth Group over cyberattack 

July 22, 2024HME News Staff

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The National Community Pharmacists Association, along with dozens of providers from multiple states, filed a class action lawsuit July 19 against UnitedHealth Group and its subsidiaries Change Healthcare and Optum for losses resulting from their massive cyberattack earlier this year.  NCPA and the providers say Change Healthcare failed to take reasonable precautions against a catastrophic breach; mislead them about its network security; and caused massive financial...

Change Healthcare, Cyberattack, Lawsuit, National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA), UnitedHealth


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Newspoll: When it comes to revenue, many providers seeing red

June 21, 2024Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor

YARMOUTH, Maine – June marks the midpoint of the calendar year and so far, it’s been a financial disappointment, say 65% of respondents to a recent HME Newspoll.  “2024 has been a challenging year,” wrote one poll respondent. “Despite our growth in volume and workforce, we have encountered significant obstacles. We have faced difficulties in contracting, with closed insurance panels, struggled with low reimbursement rates, and dealt with high equipment costs.”  Reimbursement...

Change Healthcare, Cyberattack, Home Medical Equipment (HME), Medicare Advantage


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CMS sets July end date for CHOPD program

June 18, 2024HME News Staff

WASHINGTON – CMS has announced that payments under the Accelerated and Advance Payment (AAP) Program for the Change Healthcare/Optum Payment Disruption (CHOPD) will conclude on July 12, 2024.   Launched in early March, the CHOPD payments were designed to ease cash flow disruptions experienced by some Medicare providers and suppliers, such as hospitals, physicians and pharmacists, due to the unprecedented cyberattack that took health care electronic data interchange Change Healthcare...

Change Healthcare, Cyberattack, home medical equipment, Monopoly


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In brief: Numotion incident, EnsoData & Aeroflow partnership, Golden contract 

May 22, 2024HME News Staff

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. – Numotion says a forensic investigation has determined that an unknown, unauthorized third party accessed its computer systems between Feb. 29 and March 2, 2024, and may have accessed certain files, including those with protected health information.  The information may have included names, dates of birth, equipment order details, supporting medical documentation, medical insurance information and, for a smaller subset of individuals, driver’s license numbers...

Aeroflow Health, Cyberattack, EnsoData, Golden Technologies, Numotion


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Numotion reports data privacy incident 

May 21, 2024HME News Staff

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. – Numotion says a forensic investigation has determined that an unknown, unauthorized third party accessed its computer systems between Feb. 29 and March 2, 2024, and may have accessed certain files, including those with protected health information.  The information may have included names, dates of birth, equipment order details, supporting medical documentation, medical insurance information and, for a smaller subset of individuals, driver’s license numbers...

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Ascension Healthcare assesses impact of cyberattack 

May 13, 2024HME News Staff

ST. LOUIS – Ascension Healthcare has announced it detected unusual activity on select technology systems on May 8 and now believes it is due to a cybersecurity event.  The large health system says it has engaged Mandiant, a third-party expert, to assist in the investigation and remediation process, and it has notified the appropriate authorities.  “We responded immediately, initiated our investigation and activated our remediation efforts,” a spokesperson said. “Access...

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