The healthcare industry is experiencing a surge in data breaches, security incidents, and criminal attacks—exposing millions of patients and their medical records—according to the latest Ponemon Institute study, sponsored by ID Experts®, the Fifth Annual Benchmark Study on Privacy & Security of Healthcare Data. The study reveals that criminal attacks in healthcare are up 125 percent since 2010…
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Former Blue Cross worker pleads guilty to filing over 180 fraudulent tax returns
WTVM reports that a former Blue Cross Blue Shield customer service employee has pleaded guilty to filing false tax returns, wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft. Danielle Wallace admitted to filing 180 fraudulent tax returns and stealing nearly $500,000. The false returns used personal information obtained from Blue Cross Blue Shield members who had called the…
Pennsylvania-based Summit Health joins ranks of those falling for phishing
On March 18, attorneys for Summit Health, Inc. in Pennsylvania notified the Maryland Attorney General’s Office that on February 19, the hospital had learned that some of its employees had fallen for a phishing attempt. As a result of the successful phishing, employees’ information in the Lawson Employee Self-Service System, used to access payroll and benefits information, may…
Tiversa’s CEO responds to former employee’s testimony in FTC v. LabMD
Tiversa CEO Robert Boback has responded to the testimony of a former employee, Richard (“Rick”) Wallace at yesterday’s hearing in FTC v. LabMD. In a statement sent to this site, he writes: What was probably lost on most people in the audience was that Wallace testified that HE downloaded the 1,718 file (the LabMD file in…
FL: Orlando Health patient information allegedly found in neighborhood driveway
WFTV reports that Orlando Health has been sending out letters to some patients whose protected health information was disclosed when a patient list was found in a driveway. Henderson said the letter stated the patient list contained names, medical record numbers, account numbers and even diagnoses. It goes on to say it appears the list was…
Illinois AG sues records storage company FileFax for dumping thousands of Suburban Lung Associates’ patients’ records
There’s a follow-up to a breach that was first disclosed by CBS in Chicago in February. The incident, involving patients of Suburban Lung Associates, was reported to HHS in April as affecting 2,984 patients. The following is the press release from Attorney General Lisa Madigan’s office: Chicago — Attorney General Lisa Madigan today filed a lawsuit against…