July 17 – Attorney General Scott Pruitt on Friday filed one felony count of each Medicaid fraud and identity theft against an Oklahoma City behavioral health specialist. Timothy Nickalas Traylor, 35, of Oklahoma City, allegedly billed the Oklahoma Health Care Authority for 56 phony sessions between October 2011 and October 2013 while working for Pennington Creek Lifehouse,…
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MI: Farmington Hills man accused of hospital ID theft takes plea deal; second suspect still negotiating
Matt Fahr reports that two people accused of participating in an identification theft scam involving 1,400 patients of Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital and DMC Harper Hospital in Detroit are in the process of taking plea deals. Martez Lear, 29 of Farmington Hills and Markitta Washington, 29 of Hampton, Georgia and formerly of Farmington Hills, were indicted…
UCLA Health discloses network breach potentially affecting 4.5 million patients
UCLA Health announced today it was a victim of a criminal cyber attack. While the attackers accessed parts of the computer network that contain personal and medical information, UCLA Health has no evidence at this time that the cyber attacker actually accessed or acquired any individual’s personal or medical information. UCLA Health estimates that data…
Royal prank call: 2DayFM hit with tighter license conditions
Michaela Whitbourn and Michael Lallo have the follow-up to a case that started in 2012 as a radio prank but wound up invading privacy and likely contributing to a nurse’s suicide: Radio station 2Day FM will be subjected to tougher licence conditions and will broadcast a special three-hour program to raise awareness about mental illness and promote…
UK: ICO announces two undertakings following theft of sensitive personal data
The Information Commissioner’s Office announced two undertakings today. The first, involving Western Health & Social Care Trust follows two incidents. One incident concerned the theft of two computers from Trust premises during a burglary on October 8, 2013. The computer contained sensitive personal data relating to the provision of specialist mental health services by a retired employee. Although investigation determined…
Misdirected email faulted in data breach affecting hundreds of UPMC insurance customers
Confirmation from Adam Smeltz of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that the UPMC Health Plan breach reported yesterday involved e-mail: UPMC Health Plan blamed a misfired email message for the release of personal information about 722 members. The email meant for a physician’s office in Lawrence County was sent instead to an incorrect address, revealing patient names, insurance…