Steven Slivka of the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported on an OCR complaint last week. According to Slivka, the Nevada Health Services Coalition filed a complaint against Dignity Health, the owner of St. Rose Dominican Hospitals, alleging improper use of patient information. The caption for the accompanying photo, which appears to be misleading or just erroneous, says, “The…
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Triple-S Salud fined $6.8M for HIPAA breach (updated)
Caribbean Business reports that Triple-S Salud has been fined nearly $6.8 million for violations of the federal Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA). Triple-S Salud is a licensee of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Puerto Rico and handles managed care for Medicare enrollees. The penalty handed down by the Puerto Rico government’s Medical Insurance Administration…
Olmstead Medical Center breach update
KAAL-TV reports: It was reported to the Olmsted County Sheriff’s Office that an employee at the Olmsted Medical Center in Byron had their tax information stolen and the IRS has already sent their tax return to someone else. The Rochester Police Department told us they’ve had about a dozen reports of this happening. This comes…
TN: Bag stolen from Memphis VA provider compromises veterans' info
Shay Harris reports: United States Veteran Levern Garner received a letter from the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Memphis two weeks before Christmas. “The letter stated some information had come up missing off the VA property,” said Garner. The missing documents included Garner’s personal information to be exact. According to the letter written by VA…
MI: Dental patients' information stolen, misused after employee invites some friends to the office after hours
Steve VanBergen reports: A full prescription fraud investigation is taking shape after a dentist office employee invited people to the office after hours, resulting in stolen information. Police say patients’ credit card information may also be compromised. The incident happened on Tuesday at a dental office in Antwerp Township, according to the Van Buren County…
Updates to HHS breach tool
HHS added a number of breaches to its public breach tool yesterday, including one from 2008. Here are the ones we already knew something about, linked to previous coverage on this blog: Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital Coulee Medical Center reported that 2,500 patients had their PHI improperly shared by the physician University of Pennsylvania Health…