Author: The Associated Press
Federal civil rights investigators are looking into whether protected health information was exposed in the recent cyberattack on Change Healthcare.The Office for Civil Rights said Wednesday it will also review whether Change Healthcare followed laws protecting patient privacy. Change Healthcare provides the technology used to submit and process insurance claims — and handles approximately 14 billion transactions a year. The investigation was spurred by the “unprecedented magnitude” of the attack, Office for Civil Rights Director Melanie Fontes Rainer said in a letter. The Office for Civil Rights, part of the US Department of Health and Human Services, enforces federal rules…
NEW YORK – Six people were arrested in New York on Tuesday on charges of illegally importing goose and duck intestines from China, in some cases by hiding them under wrapped rattlesnakes or mislabeling them. -labeling them as pet grooming products on customs forms, federal officials announced. The scheme, which also involved illegal imports of duck blood and hawthorn fruit, involved transporting restricted foods from China to California and then to New York, where they were sold to customers, including restaurants, authorities said in a complaint filed Monday. The six, who are expected to appear in federal court in Brooklyn…