And we’re off and running with health insurance exchanges. Jackie Crosby reports: A MNsure employee accidentally sent an e-mail file to an Apple Valley insurance broker’s office on Thursday that contained Social Security numbers, names, business addresses and other identifying information on more than 2,400 insurance agents. An official at MNsure, the state’s new online health insurance exchange, acknowledged it…
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FTC reveals provisionally redacted complaint against LabMD
The Federal Trade Commission has released a provisionally redacted public version of its complaint against LabMD (PHIprivacy.net’s coverage of LabMD linked here). Intriguingly, the complaint cites another situation that appears to be unrelated to the “1718 file” incident: In October 2012, the Sacramento, California Police Department found more than 35 Day Sheets and a small…
Kaiser Permanente notifies members after e-mail attachment error
Kaiser Permanente has begun notifying some of its members of a privacy breach. In a letter dated September 10, they write that an electronic file relating to a pilot Wellness Screening competition at the East End Complex was accidentally e-mailed by a Kaiser Permanente employee to a member of the pilot planning team on May…
Medical ID theft rates, costs continue to climb as consumers fail to protect their info or to report crime – Report
Medical identity theft affected about 1.84 million adults or their family members this year at a projected out-of-pocket cost to the victims of over $12 billion, according to a new report released today. The Medical Identity Fraud Alliance, with support from ID Experts, recently sponsored a survey conducted by the Ponemon Institute. The researchers surveyed 788 adults…
AU: Pharmacy sorry after records found at recycling centre
Sam Bidey reports: A Jamison pharmacy has apologised for accidentally dumping hundreds of private medical records, including cancelled and out-of-date prescriptions, at a recycling depot earlier this week. A Territory and Municipal Services officer was sent to the Belconnen Resource Management Centre on Monday night following a report that prescription medication had been found at…
Meanwhile, back in court: Tiversa sues LabMD for defamation, seeks to block publication of book by LabMD CEO (updated)
Back in July, I reported that LabMD had unsuccessfully attempted to sue Tiversa in Georgia for allegedly stealing its property. At issue was a file containing PHI on 1,718 patients that Tiversa had downloaded as part of a research project after the file was exposed via P2P software on LabMD’s system. In its 2009 press release…