For the second time in as many months, United HealthGroup has reported a breach to HHS that involved paper records. Because HHS does not provide a lot of details on its web site, all we know for this latest incident is that 735 individuals were affected by an incident involving “theft, unauthorized access” that occurred…
Category: Health Data
Former BCBS employee charged with identity theft
Meanwhile, back in Alabama: A Blue Cross Blue Shield employee has been fired after being charged with stealing identities of members. The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office recently arrested Latonia Davis, 32, on a charge of identity theft. Blue Cross Blue Shield said Davis tried to obtain credit by using health insurance information of 15 members….
Hundreds of Ont. patient health files stolen
If you’re going to have a breach, you probably don’t want the authorities finding out about it from the media instead of from you. CBC News reports: The head of Ontario’s privacy watchdog says she “hit the roof” after hearing from CBC News that a computer memory stick containing the medical files of hundreds of…
Recent computer thefts at Montefiore affected 39,000
As a brief update on the Montefiore Medical Center breaches reported previously: According to a hospital spokesperson with whom I spoke today, the Finance Department theft affected 16,000 patients, while the School Health Program theft affected 23,000 students and their families. No arrest has been made in either case yet. The hospital declined to be…
(update) Aetna file cabinet contained more records than previously thought?
As previously reported on this site, a file cabinet containing paper records on New Jersey and Pennsylvania policy holders had been found by the side of the road in Connecticut. Aetna reported the incident to HHS last week, indicating that 6,372 policy holders were affected (in contrast to earlier reports variously indicating 4,900 or 5,000)….
St. Al’s missing data tapes with employees’ personal info
Add Saint Alphonsus employees to those affected by the backup tape lost by Mercer reported previously on this site. KTVB reports: Approximately 1,000 current and former Saint Alphonsus employees are being notified that a computer back-up tape containing their personal information has gone missing. Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center and its parent company Trinity Health…