Oh ho…. this explains the confusion created by a recent breach report by Regeneron to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office. I had been wondering why Regeneron was claiming that they had first found out about a breach involving Ceridian in June when Ceridian had claimed back in February that everyone was notified. I had…
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Maine law restricting prescriber info upheld
The Associated Press reports: A federal appeals panel has upheld the constitutionality of a Maine law restricting medical data companies’ access to doctors’ prescription information. The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston ruled this week on Maine’s law after previously upholding a similar New Hampshire law making doctors’ prescription-writing habits confidential. The U.S….
Former BCBS employee charged with identity theft
Meanwhile, back in Alabama: A Blue Cross Blue Shield employee has been fired after being charged with stealing identities of members. The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office recently arrested Latonia Davis, 32, on a charge of identity theft. Blue Cross Blue Shield said Davis tried to obtain credit by using health insurance information of 15 members….
Symantec survey: companies retaining way too much way too long
Symantec Corp. released the findings of its 2010 Information Management Health Check Survey, which hammers home a point I made the other day about getting rid of unnecessary data. For the current survey, Symantec surveyed 1,680 enterprises in 26 countries. They found that while 87% of respondents believe in the value of a formal information…
HHS panel mulls patient control over select data
Mary Mosquera reports: The Privacy and Security Tiger Team yesterday began exploring how current technologies can help patients make decisions on consent and access to their electronic health records when more sensitive patient data is involved. The team, composed of government and private sector healthcare privacy experts, teed up questions related to how to accommodate…
(follow-up) Phila. woman sentenced in identity-theft case
Sam Wood reports the follow-up to a case previously covered here. A former bank employee was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for stealing the account information of at least seven customers and providing it to members of an identity-theft ring, authorities said. Regina Tolliver, 39, of Philadelphia, worked at the King of Prussia…