1,711 enforcement actions from 16 federal and state jurisdictions. Every event traced back to its official government source.
1,711
Total Actions
16
Jurisdictions
$51.3B+
Total Fines Tracked
Connecticut Attorney General announced a $1.73 million settlement with Enzo Clinical Labs for overbilling the state Medicaid program. The lab billed Medicaid full prices while offering discounted rates to other payers, violating the state False Claims Act. The settlement resolves both an audit repayment and claims from a whistleblower investigation.
$1.7M
Muskogee City County Enhanced 911 Trust Authority (Business Associate, OK) reported a HIPAA breach affecting 180,000 individuals. Breach type: Hacking/IT Incident. Location of breached information: Network Server.
EngageMED, Inc (Business Associate, AR) reported a HIPAA breach affecting 249,297 individuals. Breach type: Hacking/IT Incident. Location of breached information: Network Server.
Excelsior Orthopaedics, LLC (Healthcare Provider, NY) reported a HIPAA breach affecting 292,913 individuals. Breach type: Hacking/IT Incident. Location of breached information: Network Server.
VeriSource Services, Inc. (Business Associate, TX) reported a HIPAA breach affecting 112,726 individuals. Breach type: Hacking/IT Incident. Location of breached information: Network Server.
Kerber, Eck & Braeckel LLP (Business Associate, IL) reported a HIPAA breach affecting 134,918 individuals. Breach type: Hacking/IT Incident. Location of breached information: Network Server.
Specialty Networks, Inc. (Business Associate, TN) reported a HIPAA breach affecting 411,037 individuals. Breach type: Hacking/IT Incident. Location of breached information: Network Server.
Connecticut Attorney General William Tong, along with New York and New Jersey attorneys general, secured a $4.5 million settlement from Enzo Biochem, Inc. for failing to protect patient health data, resulting in a ransomware attack that compromised 2.4 million patients' information. Enzo must pay the fine and implement enhanced cybersecurity measures including multi-factor authentication and annual risk assessments.
$4.5M
Enzo Biochem, Inc. agreed to pay $4.5 million and strengthen its cybersecurity practices to settle allegations that deficient data security led to a ransomware attack exposing the health data of 2.4 million patients. The multistate enforcement action was led by New Jersey with New York and Connecticut.
$4.5M
New York Attorney General Letitia James, along with the Attorneys General of Connecticut and New Jersey, settled with Enzo Biochem, Inc. for $4.5 million over a 2023 ransomware attack that exposed health and personal data of 2.4 million patients, including 1.4 million New York residents. The investigation found Enzo had inadequate data security practices, including shared employee login credentials, lack of multi-factor authentication, no suspicious activity monitoring, and unencrypted personal information. As part of the settlement, Enzo will pay the penalty and implement enhanced cybersecurity measures including MFA, encryption, risk assessments, and an incident response plan.
$4.5M
Alabama Cardiovascular Group (Healthcare Provider, AL) reported a HIPAA breach affecting 280,534 individuals. Breach type: Hacking/IT Incident. Location of breached information: Network Server.
Deer Oaks Behavioral Health (Healthcare Provider, TX) reported a HIPAA breach affecting 171,871 individuals. Breach type: Hacking/IT Incident. Location of breached information: Network Server.
Delta County Memorial Hospital District (Delta Health) (Healthcare Provider, CO) reported a HIPAA breach affecting 148,363 individuals. Breach type: Hacking/IT Incident. Location of breached information: Network Server.
United of Omaha Life Insurance Company (Health Plan, NE) reported a HIPAA breach affecting 107,894 individuals. Breach type: Hacking/IT Incident. Location of breached information: Email.
Signature Performance, Inc. (Business Associate, NE) reported a HIPAA breach affecting 130,228 individuals. Breach type: Hacking/IT Incident. Location of breached information: Network Server.
Panorama Eyecare (Healthcare Provider, CO) reported a HIPAA breach affecting 377,911 individuals. Breach type: Hacking/IT Incident. Location of breached information: Network Server.
AmerisourceBergen Specialty Group, LLC (Healthcare Provider, PA) reported a HIPAA breach affecting 252,214 individuals. Breach type: Hacking/IT Incident. Location of breached information: Network Server.
Tri-City Healthcare District (Healthcare Provider, CA) reported a HIPAA breach affecting 108,149 individuals. Breach type: Hacking/IT Incident. Location of breached information: Network Server.
Watson Clinic (Healthcare Provider, FL) reported a HIPAA breach affecting 280,278 individuals. Breach type: Hacking/IT Incident. Location of breached information: Network Server.
Medical Express Ambulance Inc. D/B/A Medex Ambulance (Healthcare Provider, IL) reported a HIPAA breach affecting 121,190 individuals. Breach type: Hacking/IT Incident. Location of breached information: Network Server.
United Seating and Mobility, L.L.C., d/b/a Numotion (Healthcare Provider, TN) reported a HIPAA breach affecting 602,265 individuals. Breach type: Hacking/IT Incident. Location of breached information: Network Server.
Kootenai Health (Healthcare Provider, ID) reported a HIPAA breach affecting 464,088 individuals. Breach type: Hacking/IT Incident. Location of breached information: Network Server.
NorthBay Healthcare Corporation (Healthcare Provider, CA) reported a HIPAA breach affecting 569,012 individuals. Breach type: Hacking/IT Incident. Location of breached information: Network Server.
The FTC settled with telehealth firm Cerebral, Inc. for sharing sensitive consumer mental health data with third parties like LinkedIn, Snapchat, and TikTok for advertising without proper consent, employing sloppy security practices, and misleading consumers about cancellation policies. Cerebral must pay over $7 million (with $2 million due upfront), is permanently banned from using health information for most advertising, must implement a comprehensive privacy program, delete unnecessary data, and provide easy cancellation.
$7.0M
Monument, Inc., an alcohol addiction treatment firm, shared consumers' health data with third-party advertising platforms like Meta and Google without consent, despite promising confidentiality. The FTC settled with a consent order that bans Monument from disclosing health data for advertising, requires affirmative consent for other sharing, imposes a $2.5 million suspended fine, and mandates data deletion, consumer notification, and a privacy program.
$2.5M
Delta Health System (Healthcare Provider, MS) reported a HIPAA breach affecting 216,532 individuals. Breach type: Hacking/IT Incident. Location of breached information: Network Server.
BetterHelp agreed to pay $7.8 million to settle FTC allegations that it used and shared consumers' health data for advertising without consent. The online therapy provider is banned from such practices and must provide refunds to approximately 800,000 affected consumers.
$7.8M
EyeMed Vision Care suffered a data breach in June 2020 due to poor security practices, including shared passwords, exposing personal and medical information of approximately 2.1 million individuals. The multistate settlement imposes a $2.5 million penalty and requires EyeMed to implement enhanced security measures and comply with privacy laws.
$2.5M
The FTC proposed a consent order against BetterHelp for sharing consumers' sensitive mental health data with third parties like Facebook for targeted advertising without proper consent. BetterHelp must pay $7.8 million in refunds and is banned from such data sharing, with requirements for consent and privacy programs.
$7.8M
The FTC settled with GoodRx for sharing consumers' sensitive prescription and health information with Facebook, Google, and other third parties for advertising without consent, and for failing to report these unauthorized disclosures as required by the Health Breach Notification Rule. GoodRx will pay a $1.5 million civil penalty and is permanently barred from sharing user health data for advertising.
$1.5M
All data sourced from official government enforcement pages.