HIPAA Digest | Catapult Business Innovations – August 12, 2025

Data Breaches Announced by Three Oral Healthcare Practices – The HIPAA Journal

A recent wave of data breaches at dental practices exposed patient PHI and PII, underscoring the need for stronger data protection, vendor risk management, and breach response planning—key considerations when you’re leveraging AI and marketing systems that touch healthcare data.

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MedicareCompareUSA Data Breach Affects PII & PHI – Claim Depot

A breach at MedicareCompareUSA exposed both PII and PHI, highlighting ongoing risks for healthcare vendors and service providers; business leaders should tighten vendor risk programs, enforce access controls, and plan rapid breach response to protect customer data used in marketing and engagement tools.

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New York prosecutors accused of violating HIPAA in Mangione case – HealthExec

The Mangione case underscores enforcement risk and penalties for HIPAA violations, reminding business owners to enforce strong governance, staff training, and due diligence in handling PHI across platforms and partners used for marketing and AI-enabled processes.

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Data Breaches Announced by Doctors’ Memorial & Sabine County Hospitals – The HIPAA Journal

Data breaches at Doctors’ Memorial and Sabine County Hospitals highlight ongoing risks to patient PHI and the need for robust security controls, vendor oversight, and breach response planning relevant to marketers handling healthcare data.

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After Purl v. HHS: Navigating the Shifting Landscape of Reproductive Health Privacy – The National Law Review

This evolving privacy landscape affects how healthcare data, including reproductive health information, can be collected, stored, and used; marketers and AI vendors should understand evolving rights and restrictions to avoid privacy pitfalls and support compliant campaigns.

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