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Author: Dissent

'It was a bill saying I owed $44,000, and the nightmare began'

Posted on May 9, 2009 by Dissent

Dan Tilkin, KATU News reports: …. Pilot Joe Ryan is still trying to get well – fiscally. About a year ago, he received a collection notice in the mail. He thought it was a practical joke. “It was a bill saying I owed $44,000,” Ryan recalls, “and the nightmare began.” Medical ID theft can not…

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Ca: Hospitals get a pass, for now

Posted on May 9, 2009 by Dissent

Ken Gallinger answers a question about patient privacy in Ontario: Q: Recently, I went to a doctor whose offices are at a Toronto hospital. I was told to get a “patient’s card,” which I did. Ever since, I’ve been swamped with fundraising letters from the hospital’s foundation. The only way I can figure they got…

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Employee who sold celebrity medical records dies

Posted on May 9, 2009 by Dissent

Solvej Schou of the Associated Press reports that prosecutors are moving to dismiss charges against Lawanda Jackson, the UCLA Medical Center employee who had pleaded guilty to selling celebrities’ medical records. Jackson reportedly died in March.

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UC Berkeley breach affects 160,000

Posted on May 8, 2009 by Dissent

Matt Krupnick of Contra Costa Times reports that hackers may have stolen personal information from a decade’s worth of current and former UC Berkeley students. Those affected include about 3,400 Mills College students who used or were eligible for UC Berkeley medical services. health insurance. Henry K. Lee of The San Francisco Chronicle adds that…

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NY: Law firm’s clients’ files left in dumpsters on NYC street

Posted on May 8, 2009 by Dissent

Veronika Belenkaya of The NY Daily News reports that the law firm of Frenkel Lambert Weiss Weisman & Gordon cleaned house by leaving six dumpsters stuffed with confidential case files out on the street. The firm represents clients such as Wells Fargo Bank, Papa John’s Pizza, and others in the banking and insurance industries. According…

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Bank of Bermuda web site hacked?

Posted on May 8, 2009 by Dissent

Sirkka Huish of BDA Sun reports that the of Bank of Bermuda was hacked. The article suggests that the hack involved the online banking site, but the bank has provided no details or confirmation that the hackers gained access via the web site, and did not respond to a request for clarification from this site.

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