Despite recent breaches, health care industry execs are confident that they know exactly where sensitive data reside.

The suit, which seeks class action certification, claims that the pharmacy giant's insurance plan violates plaintiffs' privacy by forcing them to buy their HIV/AIDS medication at retail CVS stores or have them mailed to their home.

ALM talked with a former government official and privacy and cybersecurity expert about some of the legal and data privacy issues surrounding these new, data-driven health care delivery systems.

Health organizations increasingly are targets of cyber-extortion plots aimed at hijacking patients sensitive personal data, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services warns.

Californias investigation, which prompted Colorados heightened interest in the matter, came after CNN showed California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones a transcript of a deposition of one of Aetnas former medical directors.

In the latest indication that the Seattle-based online retail giant is considering entering the health care space, Amazon.com Inc. is looking for a professional experienced with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.

The settlement would resolve a nationwide class action lawsuit filed over, ironically, notices mailed as part of a settlement of a previous class action claiming the health insurers mail order requirement for medications violated HIV patients privacy.

Kool Smiles dental clinics and their parent company, Benevis, billed state Medicaid programs for medically unnecessary baby root canals, tooth extractions and stainless steel crowns, according to the Justice Department.