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CMS Data Breach Exposes Sensitive Medicare Beneficiary Informatio

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and its contractor, Wisconsin Physicians Service Insurance Corporation, reported a data breach affecting over 940,000 Medicare beneficiaries; 3,112,815 individuals in total had their personal and health information exposed. The breach occurred due to a software vulnerability that was exploited before a protective patch could be issued. Notifications have been sent to affected individuals and free credit monitoring for a year has been offered. Healthcare organizations are advised to enhance data security protocols and regularly conduct audits to prevent such incidents.

Source: natlawreview.com –

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