Robert Moran reports: The Family Planning Council in Philadelphia made public Friday that a computer storage device containing the personal and medical records of about 70,000 patients was stolen in December and remains missing. The theft was blamed on a former worker whose employment ended Dec. 28, the day the theft was discovered and reported…
Category: Health Data
SC: Veterans’ Personal Info Exposed by Aiken V.A. Employee
Brett Buffington reports: Personal information, including social security numbers of over 2500 local veterans, may have been exposed by an employee at the V.A. Center in Aiken. The revelation comes after a month-long investigation by WJBF News Channel 6. Reporter Brett Buffington first asked officials at the Aiken office and their parent, the Norwood V.A….
SC: Veterans' Personal Info Exposed by Aiken V.A. Employee
Brett Buffington reports: Personal information, including social security numbers of over 2500 local veterans, may have been exposed by an employee at the V.A. Center in Aiken. The revelation comes after a month-long investigation by WJBF News Channel 6. Reporter Brett Buffington first asked officials at the Aiken office and their parent, the Norwood V.A….
Medical office assistants charged criminally under HIPAA for their part in ID theft ring
A March 15, 2011 indictment of twelve defendants charged for their parts in an identity theft and bank fraud scheme has been unsealed. Two of the defendants, who worked for HIPAA-covered entities in Florida, and have also been charged with HIPAA violations. According to the indictment, Erica Hall was employed by Dr. Linda Green in Coral…
Medical office assistants charged criminally under HIPAA for their part in ID theft ring
A March 15, 2011 indictment of twelve defendants charged for their parts in an identity theft and bank fraud scheme has been unsealed. Two of the defendants, who worked for HIPAA-covered entities in Florida, and have also been charged with HIPAA violations. According to the indictment, Erica Hall was employed by Dr. Linda Green in…
CT Attorney General investigating MidState Medical/Hartford Healthcare breach
In the aftermath of the breach involving MidState Medical Center, Connecticut’s Attorney General George Jepsen and Consumer Protection Commissioner William M. Rubenstein are asking Hartford Healthcare and its Midstate Medical Center affiliate in Meriden for more information about a data breach that may have compromised medical records of 93,500 patients. The hospital notified the Attorney…