More than 8 million Britons have revealed their debit and credit card PIN number to a friend or relative in the last 12 months. That is according to a new survey from LV= home insurance, which found that almost a quarter (24%) of these customers had fallen victim to ID fraud. Common reasons for revealing…
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Prompt Med statement on recent breach
In a statement released on Wednesday, Prompt Med, which took over Battleground Urgent Care, said they regret the incident in which hundreds of medical files were discovered in a Greensboro dumpster: Prompt Med Management Company, Inc. regrets the incident regarding transportation of patients’ medical records that occurred last week. These files were being transferred to…
ID theft nets $45,000 in medical care
Police charged a Knightdale man today with attempting to receive medical treatment valued at more than $40,000 from a local hospital by using another person’s identity, court records show. WakeMed police charged Stephen Thomas Mullen Jr. with one felony count of obtaining property by false pretenses, according to an arrest warrant filed this morning at…
Prompt Med Responds To Medical Files Found In Dumpster
In a statement released on Wednesday, Prompt Med, which took over Battleground Urgent Care, said they regret the incident in which hundreds of medical files were discovered in a Greensboro dumpster. In the statement Prompt Med wrote: Prompt Med Management Company, Inc. regrets the incident regarding transportation of patients’ medical records that occurred last week….
Ex-hospital worker arrested in ID thefts
East Baton Rouge Parish sheriff’s deputies have arrested a former Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center employee for allegedly stealing the personal information of 46 patients. Authorities say 25-year-old Damian Raby took the information in 2006 when he worked for the hospital and since then has opened 46 debit cards and has fraudulently…
Who will lead the charge
Paul Wellstone Ted Kennedy Who will rise to become the champion of health care and parity in health care?