Helping your practice prevent and respond to data security threats

According to the annual Ponemon Institute Cost of a Data Breach study, the average cost of a data breach in 2018 was $3.86 million. Healthcare organizations had the highest breach-related costs of any industry at $408 per lost or stolen record — nearly three times the cross-industry average of $148.

Costs of a data breach include: Investigating and fixing the breach, lost business from system downtime, notification and credit monitoring for affected customers, public relations costs and more. In addition, a practice involved in a data breach can face significant regulatory fines and penalties. Some costs are tough to quantify, like damage to your reputation and loss of patient trust, which can lead to lost patients.

We’ve got your back

Medical Practice Bridge helps to protect your practice from data security risks by automatically adding Cyber and Breach Response Coverage to your Medical Practice Bridge professional liability policy. This additional protection, from leading experts in Cyber Defense and Breach Response, includes more than insurance coverage. It also provides our members with extremely valuable proactive preventative resources to help you avoid a breach, and extensive breach response resources and services to support you if a breach occurs.

Key Coverages and Resources

All members automatically receive Cyber and Breach Response Coverage with their Medical Practice Bridge membership and professional liability insurance policy. Policy limit includes $100K per claim and up to $250K annual aggregate. Higher limits can be purchased. Key coverages and resources include:

Breach Response

Coverage for the expenses involved in responding to a data breach. These include legal expenses, forensic experts, costs to notify affected parties and provide credit monitoring, and public relations expenses to mitigate reputational damage.

Ransomware/Cyber Extortion

Coverage for an extortion threat against your computer network, including extortion payment.

Business Interruption Loss

Reimbursement for financial loss resulting from a data breach or network system disruption.

Third Party Coverage

Coverage extended to your breach caused by a third party, including business associates, cloud providers and external vendors.

Privacy Breach Defense Coverage, Including HIPAA

Defense coverage for failure to secure confidential personal information.

Data Recovery Costs

Expenses incurred restoring data after a breach.

Breach Prevention Resources

• IT security planning
• Risk assessment
• Incident response planning
• Sample policies & procedures
• Interactive online training
• Federal & State Compliance

Breach Response Resources

• Access to your own web portal and consultancy hotline
• Expert breach consulting
• Legal support
• Media relations consulting
• Notification assistance
• Proactive crisis management
• Remediation services