Today is the deadline to enroll in free credit monitoring if you are a member of the class involved in a class action lawsuit stemming from a breach in which WellPoint/ Anthem Blue Cross insurance applications were accessible to others. Information on the settlement can be found here. h/t, ABC
Category: Health Data
CO: Nurse faces 51 counts of medical records, ID theft at Boulder Community Hospital
A follow-up on a case reported previously on this blog by Erica Meltzer: A nurse accused of improperly accessing patient records at numerous hospitals in the Denver metro area faces five counts of identity theft and 46 counts of theft of medical records in connection with his time at Boulder Community Hospital between May 2010…
Woman denied new power wheelchair may be victim of medical identity theft
This appears to be a case where medical identity theft has harmed someone: It seems that identity theft and fraud have hit Medicare, according to an 86-year-old woman named Jessie Coles. She first discovered something was wrong after being denied by Medicare for a new power wheelchair. According to Medicare records she had already ordered…
MO: Patients Say Doctor Outed Their Surgeries (updated)
Joe Harris reports: Five women who had cosmetic surgery say they were humiliated to find that an Internet search of their names leads to before-and-after photographs of their naked breasts, posted by their surgeon to promote her business. Michele Koo, MD, took the pictures from her patients’ confidential medical files, according to five separate complaints…
NC: Greenville Medical Tech Arrested For Identity Theft
Kristen Hunter reports: A medical technician is behind bars, charged with using medical records in a series of financial frauds. 27-year-old, Kelly Marie O’Neal has been arrested on 16 counts of identity theft and 16 counts of obtaining property by false pretense. She’s in the Pitt County Jail tonight on a $20,000 secured bond. Detectives…
Ca: Confidential medical records found on Calgary street
Alberta’s Information and Privacy Commissioner is investigating after iNews880 partner station, CHQR (QR77) in Calgary, was handed detailed medical records which a source says were found on a street. Information contained in the files includes names, birth dates, and surgical procedures. […] The investigation is expected to take several weeks. Alberta Health Services (AHS) is…