AIdriven medical benefits servicer hit with data breach

pHealthcare Interactive a company that develops AIbased medical insurance benefit enrollment and billing solutions confirmed last week that it experienced a data breach that involved personal data from customers being moved offsite by hackers ppThe exact number of impacted individuals was not revealed However the company said stolen data included names dates of birth Social Security numbers contact information and health insurance enrollment dataincluding ID numbers ppThe company also said claims and patient care details were also compromised including patient diagnoses provider names lab results medical images and treatment plans ppMedical claims were also possibly taken which includes things like account numbers and billing codes ppHealthcare Interactive said it has notified regulators of the cyberattack which happened between July 8 and July 12 2025 The intrusion was spotted on or around July 22 the company said at which time it launched an investigation into the scope of the attack ppThe vector of how hackers gained access such as social engineering or phishing was not revealedppThe company added that it notified impacted parties who have been offered identity theft protection services as required by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act HIPAA ppAs of reporting the incident does not appear on the federal governments healthcare data breach tracker run by the US Department of Health and Human Services When it does appear additional details on the number of people impacted will be provided ppHealthcare Interactive said it is performing an internal audit of its security systems and procedures to secure against future intrusions For now the company added that it has no evidence the data has been used by any malicious third parties for identity theft or other criminal activityppAdditionally the trove has not appeared for sale on popular dark web forums and no known hacker group has claimed credit for the theft ppHealthExec reached out to the company for comment and we will update this story with any statement we receiveppIts full announcement can be found by clicking hereppChad is an awardwinning writer and editor with over 15 years of experience working in media He has a decadelong professional background in healthcare working as a writer and in public relationspp ppppReps Diana Harshbarger and Blake Moore recently introduced the Radiology Outpatient Ordering Transmission ROOT Act after bipartisan members of the US Senate did the same in May ppGLP1 receptor agonists alter glucose metabolism and the movement of food through the digestive system and can lead to unique uptake patterns on FDG PETCT  ppMassachusetts primary care providers are reportedly sending patients to imaging centers in New Hampshire which lacks a CON law and offers more affordable options p