OCR settles with BA for ransomware breach

Following an investigation into the breach of the protected health information of 206,695 individuals, the Office of Civil Rights announced a settlement with Doctors’ Management Services – which provides medical billing, payor credentialing and other third-party healthcare services to several covered entities.

WHY IT MATTERS

Massachusetts-based DMS reported in April 2019 that an unauthorized third party gained access to its network on April 1, 2017, and was active in its system until it deployed ransomware on December 24, 2018.

According …