Arcadia Home Care & Staffing (Arcadia Health Services, Inc.) is notifying employees that their personnel information, including Social Security numbers and bank account information, is in the hands of a former affiliate who has started a new company that competes with theirs. According to the letter sent to employees, Charles E. Symes, II had previously obtained…
Category: Health Data
Business associate of Maryland Developmental Disabilities Administration hacked in October
David Dishneau of Associated Press reports: A state-licensed provider of services to developmentally disabled Marylanders says someone stole computerized Social Security and medical information for about 9,700 clients. Frederick-based Service Coordination Inc. said Monday it learned of the security breach in October but didn’t notify affected individuals until Friday. The organization says part of the…
Where there's a breach, there's a lawsuit
Abby Sewell reports: A patient whose personal information was stolen in a break-in at a medical billing contractor’s office in Torrance has filed a class-action lawsuit against the company and Los Angeles County. Two Los Angeles law firms filed a complaint Friday in Superior Court. The suit was initially filed on behalf of a single…
Meanwhile, in the LabMD case…
The FTC has uploaded additional rulings this week. Two relate to LabMD’s motion for additional deposition of a detective involved in the day sheets aspect of the case and the FTC’s motion for sanctions for alleged non-compliance with discovery orders: Administrative Law Judge’s Order Granting in Part and Denying in Part Complaint Counsel’s Motion for…
Former patient sues St. Helena Hospital over alleged privacy breach
Kerana Todorov reports: A man who underwent drug rehabilitation treatment at St. Helena Hospital in 2012 is suing the hospital and others for allegedly disclosing medical information about his care with an employer and others, according to the complaint filed Monday in Napa County Superior Court. The plaintiff, who is only identified as “John Doe”…
HealthSource of Ohio data leak exposed 8,800 patients' information
HealthSource of Ohio, a private, not-for-profit community health center experienced a privacy breach in November 2013 that affected 8,845 patients. The incident was added to HHS’s public breach tool this week. According to a statement posted on their website on or after February 26th, HSO uses a web-based program to provide information to patients calling with…