Patrick Springer reports: Mid Dakota Clinic of Bismarck has opted out of a major initiative by Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota that involves sharing patient records with an outside consultant and cites patient privacy concerns as the reason. The program, MediQHome, is a “medical home” partnership between the health insurer and teams of…
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Fake doc pleads guilty to criminal HIPAA charges and healthcare fraud
Criminal HIPAA convictions are still pretty rare. Here’s a case prosecuted in the Northern District of Georgia: Matthew Paul Brown, 30, formerly of Atlanta, Georgia and Nashville, Tennessee, pleaded guilty on September 14 in federal district court to charges of health care fraud and wrongful disclosure of individually identifiable health information. According to United States…
'NAIL FILES' sued for airing alleged medical emergency
Seen on TMZ.com: A limo driver is suing the people behind the TV Guide reality show “Nail Files” — claiming the show recorded him when he went into diabetic shock … and made it appear like he was drunk. According to the lawsuit, filed in L.A. County Superior Court, Fred Busby claims he was dispatched…
DNA = data not available?
@Bainesy1969 has a thought-provoking blog entry on the retention of DNA samples vs. DNA profiles in the UK and what EU law requires. He begins: On 26 July 2011 The Telegraph reported that “Innocent people’s DNA profiles won’t be deleted after all, minister admits”. It said that “police will retain DNA profiles in anonymised form, leaving…
CT tax worker arrested in data breach
A Connecticut tax collector faces felony charges that could land him in jail for as long as six years for allegedly using his work computer to look up tax returns on about 15 taxpayers without a legitimate business need, authorities say. Adrian Nelson, 33, of Windsor was arrested Friday at Department of Revenue Services’ Hartford…
NC: Guilford County Tax Office Leaks Taxpayers Data (Updated)
From WFMY News: Greensboro, NC– On September 9, 2011, Guilford County was notified of a Data Security Breach involving Tax Department files containing personal information accessible through the web. In a statement on its website Guiford County officials said: Data files of citizens for whom the Tax Department sought a garnishment or attachment between December 2010 and the date…