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Adaptive Health Integrations
Breach Explained
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Author: Rich Selvidge, CISSP / Last Updated: 6/06/2022
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(“AHI”) reported a data breach that affected more than 510,574 people in one of the greatest data breaches in recent months.
AHI notified the federal officials of the breach on April 11, 2022, and began issuing out data breach notifications to people whose personal information had been exposed.
What Happened?
While the organization has not yet made the detailed information on how it was hacked public, it is critical that you educate yourself about the hazards of data breaches and take the necessary steps to reduce the risk of fraud or identity theft.
Given the recent nature of the AHI hack, few facts concerning the event have been released.
Adaptive Health Integrations, however, realized that an unauthorized entity gained access to the firm’s computer system on or around October 17, 2021, according to an official filing by the company.
AHI initiated an inquiry into the breach after learning about it, in order to discover more about what caused it and whether any consumer information had been exposed.
AHI announced on February 23, 2022, that people’s personal data had been exposed. Adaptive Health Integrations began notifying all impacted parties of a data incident on or around April 11, 2022.
Who Is Adaptive Health Integrations?
Adaptive Health Integrations, based in Williston, North Dakota, offers labs, healthcare firms, and doctors’ offices a variety of billing and software support services.
MedScan Laboratory, Inc. and Adaptive Health Integrations are partners.
Williston, ND, Atlanta, GA, and Houston, TX are the locations of Medscan Laboratory.
Medscan Laboratory employs 164 employees and has an annual revenue of over $30 million.
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The Impact Of A Healthcare Data Breach
Protected health information data breaches are different from data breaches involving Social Security numbers and bank account information.
According to Experian, a credit reporting bureau, the average cost per record, of repairing a healthcare data breach is $13,500.
A healthcare data breach primarily poses the risk of someone using your personal information to receive medical treatment in your name.
This might result in you receiving medical fees for operations you never had done, but it is also possible that your medical record will contain false information given by the criminal who stole your identity.
What You Can Do After A Healthcare Data Breach
It is critical for people whose protected health information has been exposed as a consequence of a data breach to take precautions.
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1. Gather Evidence And File A Report
After a healthcare data breach, the first thing you should do is gather any evidence that your protected health information has been taken.
This includes any bogus medical bills as well as the company’s data breach notice.
In addition, you should file an Identity Theft Report with the Federal Trade Commission.
2. Review Medical Records On File
This is the most difficult, but also the most crucial, phase.
All of your medical records should be gathered and reviewed for correctness.
Keep an eye out for any therapies that you have never heard of before.
It is also a good idea to double-check the addresses and phone numbers on file.
3. Fix All Errors
If you detect an error in your medical records, ask the physician to rectify it.
The last thing you want is for your medical records to include inaccuracies, such as a medicine allergy that has gone unnoticed.
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Rich Selvidge, CISSP
Rich is the CISO at PurpleSec, providing singular accountability for all information security controls in the company. He brings over 21 years of IT, healthcare, and security risk management experience.
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