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Glatfelter Launches Risk Management Tool for Long Term Care Facilities

Glatfelter Healthcare Practice, an insurance program serving senior living facilities, home health care and other private homecare agencies, and VorroHealth, a provider of clinical, AR/billing and interoperable technology for healthcare, have released ACTUM, a fully integrated offering to complement VorroHealth’s …

Health Insurer CareFirst Says Cyberattack Stole Data of 1.1M Users

CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, which sells health insurance in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia, said on Wednesday that a cyberattack compromised the data of 1.1 million current and former members. CareFirst, which has a total of 3.4 million customers, …

Study Reveals Extent, Nature of Health Data Breaches

Between 2010 and 2013, there were more than 900 data breaches of protected health information affecting at least 500 individuals, with most of them resulting from overt criminal activity, according to a study in the April 14 issue of the …