SAN JUAN, P.R. – On February 13, 2017, a Federal Grand Jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned a superseding indictment charging Dr. Dante A. Rodríguez-Rivera, Javier Efraín Siverio-Echevarría, Dr. George D. Alcántara-Cardi, Dr. Martha Nieves, Javier Antonio Aguirre- Estrada, and Carlos Maldonado-López with multiple counts of conspiracy to commit health care fraud, health…
Category: Health Data
Vets lose privacy lawsuit against VA after unencrypted data is stolen from hospital
Patrick O’Neill reports: After multiple thefts and data breaches related to the unencrypted personal information of 7,400 U.S. veterans out of a Veterans Affairs hospital, an appeals court dismissed a lawsuit this month in which patients alleged violations of the Privacy Act and Administrative Procedure Act. The veterans claimed at least seventeen more data breaches have occurred at Wm….
Patient info goes for how much on the dark web?
So the next time you read a report about how much money patient info goes for on the dark web or read estimates about $200/record, perhaps you should shop around, because medical records and health insurance info can be dirt cheap. This vendor will apparently sell you two patients’ records with their Social Security number, date…
The CoPilot Provider Support Services incident: The HIPAA issue
In the first part of a discussion of an incident reported by CoPilot Provider Support Services, this site reported claims by John Witkowski, a former employee, that CoPilot had not reported accurately on the incident. In this part, we focus on just one of CoPilot’s claims – that they are not a business associate under HIPAA….
OCR investigating CoPilot Provider Support Services breach; former employee lodged complaint
When CoPilot Provider Support Services recently disclosed a security incident that they had known about since 2015, their statements might have led you to believe that a disgruntled former employee had hacked them or misused previously authorized access, and that law enforcement might be looking into criminal charges. If you thought that, you were wrong on both counts. CoPilot Provider Support Services (“CoPilot”) describes itself…
SC: Lexington Medical Center notifies employees of breach
WISTV reports: The employee database of the Lexington Medical Center is the latest victim of a cyberattack. In a statement released by the hospital, the breach was discovered Friday morning. The breach showed that there has been unauthorized access to the employee information database, called eConnect/Peoplesoft. Medical center officials learned about the breach this week…