Stacey Kirk reports: Confidential patient files have been stolen from a MidCentral District Health Board staff member’s car and the board is calling for the documents to be returned. The car was broken into on Pascal St, Palmerston North, some distance from Palmerston North Hospital, but MidCentral spokesman Dennis Geddis said it was “common procedure”…
Category: Health Data
Leader Of Prescription Fraud Scheme Sentenced For Health Care Fraud HIPAA Violations And Aggravated Identify Theft
U.S. District Judge C. Lynwood Smith Jr. today sentenced Isaac Earl Smith, 38, of Pleasant Grove to six years in prison for his part in a prescription fraud scheme. Between September 2008 and April 2009, Smith engaged in a criminal conspiracy to commit health care fraud that resulted in HIPAA violations and aggravated identity theft….
Five more breaches recently revealed on HHS's breach tool
Recent updates to HHS’s breach tool reveal a few more breaches that did not show up in the media and other sources I routinely search: The Community Action Partnership of Natrona County in Wyoming notified HHS of a breach involving unauthorized access to the information of 15,000 clients. There apparently was a notice on their…
Ca: Stolen hard drive contained pain patients’ sensitive information
Pamela DiPinto the Edmonton Journal reports: A portable hard drive containing backup copies of 1,000 Alberta Health Services’ Central Alberta Pain and Rehabilitation Institute client records was stolen recently from a clinic in Lacombe, the AHS revealed Friday. An unconfirmed number of non-AHS patients at the Lacombe clinic are also affected by the breach. The…
Ca: Adding injury to pain: patients' data on stolen drive (update2)
Lacombe police are investigating after a portable hard drive device was stolen from a medical clinic. The hard drive contained back up copies of Alberta Health Services’ Central Alberta Pain & Rehabilitation Institute client records. The device was the property of the Dr. Burnham & Associates Medical Clinic. Read more on CTV.ca. The Lacombe Globe…
MN: Delta Dental Disk with The Smile Center Patient Data on It Stolen Months Ago; No One Notified Patients?! (update1)
Patients at The Smile Center in St. Paul, Minnesota don’t have much to smile about this week. Bill Keller reports on another disturbing breach – one that reportedly occurred four months ago but victims are first being notified now: Delta Dental is announcing that personal information used in a lawsuit between the company and a…