United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated that John Mark Marino, formerly known as Ronald Mark Hunter, age 71, of Del Ray Beach, Florida, was sentenced today to serve two years in federal prison. The sentence was handed down by United States District Judge Henry F. Floyd. Judge Floyd also ordered that at the conclusion of…
Month: September 2010
Pointer: Over 23,000 patients notified in three breaches reported to HHS
In addition to a LabCorp breach where we do not have a lot of information other than 507 patients were notified of theft of paper records with their PHI, I also just posted three other newly revealed breaches over on PHIprivacy.net that resulted in over 23,000 patients being notified. You can read about those…
VA employee hoarded stacks of patient-related info at home
Sandra Yin reports on recent VA disclosures of breaches. I had covered the August report here, but her coverage makes some interesting points; Paper is much more problematic than electronic data, according to Veterans Affairs CIO Roger Baker. [which is why all state and federal mandatory disclosure laws should include paper records — Dissent!] Here’s…
Over 23,000 patients notified in three breaches reported to HHS
In looking at the most recent update to HHS’s web site, I noted three other breaches that we did not know about already from other sources: The Kent Center The Kent Center in Rhode Island reported that paper records of 1,361 patients were stolen in July. In a notification linked from the homepage of their…
Update on Town of Essex Youth Commission breach
Earlier this month, this blog covered a breach involving the Town of Essex in Massachusetts. At the time, I found the statement by the selectmen a bit curious and had asked, “Do the selectmen suspect that someone associated with the program or commission removed the records? I wonder what kind of “legal action” they have…
Records stolen from LabCorp Patient Service Center
LabCorp Patient Service Center in California notified Health & Human Services (HHS) that 507 patients were affected by theft of their protected health information. The records were in paper format, and were reportedly stolen on or about August 2. I do not see any statement on LabCorp’s web site. The company has a number of…