Natalie Tendall reports that hundreds of people’s identities and personal medical information was found in a dumpster by someone who contacted the police and news station. The documents contain social security numbers, birth dates and very private health information from hundreds of people in the area…… Hundreds of people’s private, health documents including STD test orders,…
Category: Health Data
Blue Cross Blue Shield mailing error disclosed 1,872 dental claims statements to other members
AP reports: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Nebraska said Thursday that it mistakenly disclosed personal dental claims information in statements to more than 1,800 customers. The company said a printing error caused some dental explanation of benefits forms to be sent to the wrong customers. The forms reveal treatment and services that the insurer paid…
FL: LabCorp employee accused of stealing patient information for credit card fraud
AFTV reports: A Lake County woman used her job drawing blood for lab tests to steal patients’ identities, open up credit cards and go on shopping sprees, investigators said. Channel 9 found out Kadesa Sayles lost her job at LabCorp. “She had access to confidential information, which included Social Security numbers, as well as credit card numbers,”…
No backsies: Man convicted of Flowers Hospital ID theft loses appeal
Lance Griffin reports the latest in the case of a Flowers Hospital employee who was convicted of stealing patient information for a tax refund fraud scheme. The breach, which was first disclosed last year, has resulted in a lawsuit against the hospital and its parent company, as well as an interesting prosecution in which the…
Santa Barbara Public Health Notifying Patients After Employee Accessed Records Without Authorization
Gina Pothoff reports: Some 260 patients with records in the Santa Barbara County Public Health Department will receive notification letters explaining that a Health Care Center employee illegally accessed their personal health information. The department announced the unauthorized data breach Wednesday, saying a staff member accessed electronic information for an unapproved academic research project. Read more on…
Cottage Health Notifying 11,000 Patients Whose Records Were Exposed
Tom Bolton reports that Cottage Health, which suffered a HIPAA breach in 2013 due to a vendor error (by InSync) that exposed over 50,000 patients‘ information, has suffered another exposure breach: Cottage Health’s efforts to protect the confidentiality of hospital patient records suffered a setback earlier this fall when one of its computer servers was found to be…