Adam Dodge of ESI sends along this news story by Ladd Egan: Hundreds of participants of University of Missouri’s health insurance program are being told to be on the look-out for insurance fraud after several hundred insurance communications were mailed to the wrong person. Health benefit statements, health services letters and new ID cards were…
Month: January 2011
Error sends University of Missouri health insurance mail to wrong addresses
Adam Dodge of ESI sends along this news story by Ladd Egan: Hundreds of participants of University of Missouri’s health insurance program are being told to be on the look-out for insurance fraud after several hundred insurance communications were mailed to the wrong person. Health benefit statements, health services letters and new ID cards were among…
NZ: Telecom’s customer data open to ex staff
Susie Nordqvist and Hamish Fletcher report: Former employees have questioned Telecom’s security policies and one can still look up customer details despite having left his job two months ago. Andrew Rozen, who worked in a customer service role from March to November last year, checked if he could access Telecom’s Wireline database after accusations of…
AU: Dads face ban filming birth in new privacy clamp down by hospitals
Marianne Betts reports: Video cameras are being banned in birthing suites by Victorian hospitals worried about legal repercussions, staff privacy and unnecessary distractions. The revelation comes a month after the Herald Sun reported almost $20 million was paid in secret from court settlements in 2009 to families whose babies suffered bungled births in Victoria’s public…
Insurance applications breach in FL: is anyone cleaning up that mess?
As part of following up on a breach involving the insecure disposal of health insurance applications (reported previously on this blog), I wanted to learn more about how insurance carriers respond to this type of breach. So I emailed questions to Aetna and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida asking whether their contracts with the…
WA: Grays Harbor Pediatrics Backup Device Stolen
A substitute notice/press release on a breach in Washington State: Grays Harbor Pediatrics discovered on November 23, 2010 that a computer backup device was stolen from a Grays Harbor Pediatric employee. The backup device was used for storing copies of paper records. Grays Harbor Pediatrics has notified all patients and patient billing guarantors. An investigation…