Juan Ortega reports on a case of low-tech mail theft used for medical ID theft: A Tamarac woman told a judge she stole someone’s identity and spent nearly $20,000 in ill-gotten funds, largely because she needed to replace defective breast implants and furnish her condo. Shatarka Nuby, 29, offered that explanation to U.S. District Judge…
Category: Health Data
With No Harm Threshold, Nearly All Breaches Substantiated in CA
Dom Nicastro provides some interesting data from California, where there is no “harm threshold” in mandated reporting requirements for breaches involving medical records: Since California’s new law went into effect last year, the state has received 3,766 breach reports. …. California’s investigations team has completed reviews of 1,953. It found that 98.7% of those breaches…
Moffitt reviewing 492 patient records in privacy breach
Lindsay Peterson reports: Moffitt Cancer Center is contacting 492 of its patients after learning an employee falsified at least one patient’s signature on a consent form for a cancer research study. Moffitt discovered the falsification July 29, and immediately began looking into the records of 6,464 patients who are enrolled in the 4-year-old research study,…
UPDATE: Idaho Power says Mercer breach affected over 375,000
The Mercer Health & Benefits breach involving a backup tape lost in transit after being shipped by FedEx is one of those multi-client breaches that comes out in dribs and drabs. But if Mercer hoped to keep the total number affected under wraps, one of their clients may have spilled their beans. On August 12,…
St. John’s Mercy Medical Group notifies 1,907 patients of breach
The St. John’s Mercy Medical Group (SJMMG) in Missouri has notified patients that one of their physicians, Dr. David Brown, had improperly disposed of medical records. In a statement on their web site, they say, in part: On June 9, St. John’s Mercy Medical Group (SJMMG) became aware that Dr. David Brown had improperly disposed…
Idaho Power Group Health Plan notifies 5,500 of lost tape
Back on July 21 on DataBreaches.net, I reported that Idaho Power was among those affected by the Mercer Health Plan lost tape incident. Their loss was not mentioned on this site as it was not clear what protected health information might be involved. It seems that it was the Idaho Power Group Health Plan that…