Category: Health Data

Dave Flessner reports: What was initially assumed to be just a glitch in some soon-to-be-discarded computer equipment last fall has grown into one of Chattanooga’s most expensive property crimes of the year. BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee said Monday it already has spent more than $7 million to respond to the theft last October of computer…

Marshall Allen reports that the UMC breach reported previously may have gone on for as long as three months: For more than three months someone at University Medical Center illegally leaked the personal information of traffic accident victims — a breach of social security numbers, birth dates and more that only stopped when the Las…

Dennis Romero reports: A Torrance-based doctor was convicted this week of charging insurance companies for medically unnecessary procedures that included facelifts and tummy tucks, according to the U.S. Deptartment of Justice. Lawrence Saks, a 57-year-old from Rolling Hills Estates, even used other doctors’ names when submitting claims, a jury concluded. He was found guilty of…

Mary Schenk reports: Urbana police believe that the thief who made off with hundreds of old Carle Clinic X-rays intended for recycling was intent on their silver value, not their informational value. On Jan. 13, a man who is believed to have done the same thing at other hospitals in Illinois showed up at the…

10TV News reports: Hundreds of Columbus Public Health employees were notified Friday that personal information pertaining to some of them was stolen. The employees were notified by e-mail. Spokesman Jose Rodriquez said Columbus Public Health was conducting an internal investigation. He said a criminal investigation was also under way, 10TV News reported. Rodriquez confirmed that…