Morning Headlines 9/22/20
Orthopedic Clinic Pays $1.5 Million to Settle Systemic Noncompliance with HIPAA Rules
Athens Orthopedic Clinic (GA) will pay the HHS Office of Civil Rights $1.5 million to settle potential HIPAA violations related to a 2016 data breach by The Dark Overlord.
The Carlyle Group will acquire a majority stake in global health research network TriNetX.
Teladoc accuses Amwell of infringing on its telehealth patents
Teladoc accuses Amwell of infringing on patents related to its digital scope, stethoscope, and some telemedicine carts.
Nebraska Medicine addressing ‘security incident’ impacting IT systems
Nebraska Medicine reverts to downtime procedures after an unspecified security incident on Sunday takes its IT systems offline.
The $50 billion Rural Health payout is welcome. In context, it's less than the total cost of the F22 raptor…