Author: Dissent

Via Courthouse News, a potential class action lawsuit against Keystone Mercy Health Plan and Amerihealth Mercy Health Plan over a data breach last year has been sent back to state court – over the arguments of the insurers being sued.

Newly revealed on HHS’s breach tool: Gypsum Management and Supply, Inc. had 25,330 employees enrolled in their healthcare and dental plan who were affected by the AssureCare hacking incident in May.

And yet again. Hmmm. I seem to have missed this September 9th notice from Texas Health and Human Services: AUSTIN – The state is notifying almost 1,700 people that a stolen laptop may have contained their names, birthdates and some health information. All the affected individuals will be provided with free credit monitoring services although…

Here we go…. again. A notice on the home page of The Neurological Institute of Savannah and Center for Spine in Georgia reads: PUBLIC NOTICE: THEFT OF PERSONAL INFORMATION If you were a patient between January 1, 2006 – July, 2, 2011, we want you to know that a computer hard drive was stolen recently…

In the aftermath of a breach: The province’s privacy watchdog is ordering Cancer Care Ontario to stop sending screening reports to doctors in paper format. Information and Privacy Commissioner Ann Cavoukian says the agency must find a more secure method to transfer the results, which contain personal health information. She says the agency has decided…