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AU: NIB apologises for privacy breach

Posted on June 22, 2015 by Dissent

ABC (AU) reports: There has been a privacy breach involving the big Australian based health insurer, NIB. The mobile phone numbers, emails and claims history of around 300 customers reportedly appeared on the company’s website for around an hour this morning.   Read more on ABC (AU).

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Seven Charged in North Texas as Part of Largest National Medicare Fraud Takedown in History

Posted on June 20, 2015 by Dissent

Some of the data theft referred to in the charges was previously reported on PHIprivacy.net in 2011 and 2014. Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell announced today a nationwide sweep led by the Medicare Fraud Strike Force in 17 districts, resulting in charges against 243…

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8 Indicted in Identity Thefts of Patients at Montefiore Medical Center

Posted on June 19, 2015 by Dissent

Liam Stack reports: A Montefiore Medical Center employee and seven others were indicted on Friday on charges of stealing the personal information of as many as 12,000 hospital patients and using it to make purchases at luxury stores, the Manhattan district attorney said. Officials said Monique Walker, 32, an assistant clerk at the hospital, allegedly stole personal information, including…

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SC: EMS agency notifies patients about missing medical data

Posted on June 19, 2015 by Dissent

Teddy Kulmala reports: A safe with flash drives and hard drives that stored personal and medical information went missing from the Lancaster County EMS, and county officials are mailing letters to patients who have received EMS care since 2004. The safe was discovered missing from a county building on April 16, county officials say. Inside…

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TX: Man stole personal information from people signing up for Obamacare

Posted on June 19, 2015 by Dissent

Andy Cerota reports: A government contractor in Houston who was supposed to be signing people up for Obamacare stole personal information from at least 17 people around the country. Kenneth Bacon, who worked in a Houston call center, is accused of taking down the names, dates of birth and Social Security numbers that enrollees gave…

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FL: Patients’ information at risk following security breach at health centers

Posted on June 19, 2015 by Dissent

WFTV reports: The personal information of dozens of patients could be at risk following a security breach at a central Florida hospital group. A former patient contacted Channel 9 after she received a letter saying her personal information may have been stolen. The woman, who didn’t want to be identified, said she was a patient…

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