KFSN reports: Thousands of employees at Saint Agnes Medical Center are dealing with the possibility of identity theft after a security breach. Scammers got the W-2’s of everyone employed by the hospital this week. The breach affected 2,800 employees. Read more on ABC.
Category: Health Data
UK: Health trust fined after data breach
ITV reports: A health trust has been hit with a £185,000 fine after it posted the private details of thousands of members of staff – including their sexual orientation – on its website. Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust inadvertently published workers’ confidential data which also included their National Insurance number, date of birth and…
Eastern Health Employee Fired for ‘Deliberate’ Privacy Breach
VOCM reports: An Eastern Health employee has been let go after what health officials say was a deliberate privacy breach involving private information on 11 patients. VOCM’s Linda Swain reports. Read more on VOCM.
Stolen billing vendor’s laptop held patient info from 8 medical facilities
EqualizeRCM Services is a vendor providing billing and collection services to healthcare providers. In compliance with HIPAA, it has Business Associate contracts with its clients, who provide it with the information needed to fulfill its functions. The firm has headquarters in Austin, Texas, and offices in Houston and Washington, D.C. On February 29, EqualizeRCM learned that a…
PA Court Rejects Healthcare Data Breach Class Action Lawsuit
Elizabeth Snell reports an update to a 2010 breach previously covered on this site: The Pennsylvania Superior Court recently dismissed claims in a healthcare data breach class action lawsuit, explaining that the trial court needs to review the plaintiff’s claim under the Uniform Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law (UTPCPL). In the case Baum v. Keystone Mercy Health…
Florida Hospital Medical Group notifies patients after transcription service error
Florida Hospital Medical Group recently notifed HHS of a breach affecting 1,906 patients. Although the breach reportedly involved a transcription service, the entry on HHS’s public breach tool does not indicate any business associate was involved. In digging into this report, I found that the Orlando Sentinel had reported the incident on April 8: If you’re…