Recent healthcare data hacks have impacted almost 20 million people — and some members of Congress are demanding answers. New York-based American Medical Collection Agency has been named as the victim in a large healthcare data breach, with Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (LabCorp) revealing...
LabCorp, the medical testing company, disclosed Wednesday (June 5) that 7.7 million customers may have been impacted by the data breach that affected Quest Diagnostics customers. In a Securities and Exchange Commission filing, LabCorp. said its billing vendor, American Medical Collection Agency (AMCA), is currently in the process...
Patient records numbering around 11.9 million were compromised and exposed in a data breach of an agency that collects money for Quest Diagnostics and UnitedHealth Group, according to a report by Bloomberg. Quest revealed the information in a securities filing. It stated that the American...
The blockchain is making inroads into healthcare. Earlier this week, five healthcare firms operating across the U.S. insurance landscape said they’re launching a pilot program that will help boost the management of healthcare provider data. The five organizations include insurers Humana, UnitedHealthcare, Quest Diagnostics, Optum and...
April 07, 2021
Quest Diagnostics had been preparing for 2020 for two years. As one of the top medical-testing providers in the nation, it first launched its consumer-initiated testing program, QuestDirect, at the end of 2018. Through it, consumers can visit the company’s website and order at-home testing kits for 49 different conditions. Since then, spurred by the […]
June 06, 2019
Recent healthcare data hacks have impacted almost 20 million people — and some members of Congress are demanding answers. New York-based American Medical Collection Agency has been named as the victim in a large healthcare data breach, with Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (LabCorp) revealing that 7.7 million patients’ accounts at AMCA were stored in […]
June 05, 2019
LabCorp, the medical testing company, disclosed Wednesday (June 5) that 7.7 million customers may have been impacted by the data breach that affected Quest Diagnostics customers. In a Securities and Exchange...
June 03, 2019
Patient records numbering around 11.9 million were compromised and exposed in a data breach of an agency that collects money for Quest Diagnostics and UnitedHealth Group, according to a report...
