East Cheshire NHS Trust has agreed to take action to comply with data security requirements and has signed an Undertaking to assure the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) that personal data will be kept securely in future The ICO has found East Cheshire NHS Trust in breach of the Data Protection Act after pages from an…
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Nashville woman indicted in a $1.1 million healthcare fraud scheme
The former owner of Nashville-based Medicare and TennCare provider Merrilee Healthcare, was arrested Thursday, following a federal grand jury’s indictment alleging she participated in a $1.1 million healthcare fraud scheme, law officials said. Candyce Jones, 34, allegedly sent $1.1 million in fraudulent claims on behalf of her customers to Medicare and TennCare for psychotherapy and…
Stolen IDs help man pay for penis and breast enlargements
A Philadelphia man who authorities say stole the identities of eight Lehigh Valley residents and racked up $88,000 of bills in their names — some of which was used to buy penis enlargements for him and a friend and breast implants for two women — has pleaded guilty to more than 40 crimes, according to…
State sues Lakeville chiropractor for credit card fraud
The Minnesota attorney general is suing a Lakeville chiropractor for fraudulently pushing high-cost credit cards onto patients and pre-billing them for thousands of dollars worth of treatments. While the credit cards help doctors get paid for expensive medical procedures, they leave patients with huge debts and monthly interest rates that can balloon as high as…
Memorial Hermann worker convicted
Nakeshia Brown, aka Nakeshia Green, 30, of Rosenberg, has been convicted of bank fraud and aggravated identity theft arising from the theft of personal identifying information from the medical records of patients admitted to a Houston area hospital, United States Attorney Tim Johnson announced today. At a hearing today before United States District Judge David…
Whistleblower lawsuit against Kaiser (updated)
At a time when concerns about the privacy and security of electronic health records are a hot topic and the issue of private vs. public health insurance is making the front pages, a lawsuit filed by a former Kaiser employee alleges that Kaiser knowingly and repeatedly violated HIPAA, exposed millions of members to identity theft,…