ApolloMD Agrees to Pay $4.02M to Settle Data Breach Lawsuit
ApolloMD Business Services, a healthcare staffing and practice management company, has agreed to pay $4.02 million to settle a lawsuit stemming from a data breach. As a business associate under HIPAA, ApolloMD handles patient data on behalf of healthcare providers.
Why this matters: When a breach hits a business associate, patients rarely know their data was ever there. ApolloMD is not a hospital you chose. It is a back-office contractor sitting between you and your doctor, holding your medical and personal information. That is how most healthcare breaches actually work. The $4 million settlement sounds significant, but it gets divided among however many people were affected. The real issue is that patients have almost no visibility into who else is touching their records — or how well those companies are protecting them.
Who should care: Cybersecurity · Privacy officers · Administrators · Lawyers · Compliance · Healthcare professionals
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