Noticed two more breaches on OCR’s web site today: Loma Linda University Health Care State: California Approx. # of Individuals Affected: 584 Date of Breach: 4/04/10 Type of Breach: Theft Location of Breached Information: Desktop Computer Miami VA Healthcare System State: Florida Approx. # of Individuals Affected: 568 Date of Breach: 1/19/10 Type of Breach:…
Category: Health Data
Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program – Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2009
The Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Justice have issued a report: “Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program – Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2009.” The report includes a few cases where the defendants were charged with identity theft among other charges: In Florida, the owner and operator of a…
Arlington Security Guard, Who Hacked into Hospital’s Computer System, Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges
Robert Wilonsky of the Dallas Observer reports that the Carrell Memorial Clinic hacker who stupidly posted videos of himself committing his crimes on You Tube has pleaded guilty. Although the case was previously covered on DataBreaches.net, Wilonsky’s blog entry provides a number of background links for those who want more of the earlier coverage, as…
GA: Health worker charged with ID theft
A former employee at an Albany doctor’s office is in jail charged with identity fraud. 44-year-old Sylvia Green, who worked at Albany OB-GYN, is charged with financial identity fraud. Investigators say Green, who worked as a phone nurse, refilling patients’ prescriptions, stole the identity of a patient and used her information to try to take…
Laptop stolen from VA contractor contains veterans' personal data
I posted this yesterday to DataBreaches.net, but am posting it here, too, because even though the coverage so far doesn’t specifically mention that veterans’ health data were involved, it is a distinct possibility. Also, in updates to this story, it seems that the April 22 laptop theft affected 616 veterans, not 644 as originally reported:…
UCSF employee charged with wire fraud
Henry K. Lee reports: A UCSF Medical Center employee has been charged in federal court with wire fraud for allegedly using the Social Security numbers of fellow workers to complete online health surveys so that he could receive hundreds of $100 vouchers. From January to April, Cam Giang of San Francisco used other UC employees’…