Southwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center contracts with Lakeland Radiologists for radiology services for their patients. Lakeland Radiologists, in turn, contracts with CBIZ Medical Management Professionals to bill patients. On February 23, a computer was stolen from CBIZ that contained radiology reports on patients seen at Lakeland Radiologists. According to an Associated Press story, SMRMC is…
Category: Health Data
MD: Patient records stolen
Liz Holland of The Daily Times reports that up to 100,000 patients of Peninsula Orthopaedic Associates are being notified that their personal information has been stolen: The records from Peninsula Orthopaedic — which has offices in Salisbury and Berlin — were stolen March 25 while in transport to an off-site storage facility, Mathias said in…
OR: BMC alleges improper record access
Markian Hawryluk reports: Officials from Bend Memorial Clinic have filed a criminal complaint with Bend police alleging that employees of Cascade Healthcare Community’s new cancer center at St. Charles Bend have inappropriately viewed patient records from the clinic. But clinic leadership declined to explain why they believe the cancer center staff had acted inappropriately, and…
Bits ‘n Pieces
In the justice system: Tax preparers and sisters Carolyne and Johanna Jones have been charged with using clients’ information to obtain fraudulent tax refunds. More. Former postal carrier Rodney Ervin was sentenced to 25 months for mail theft, access device fraud and aggravated identity theft. More. Jennifer Derrickson was charged with seven counts of identity…
VA: Medical records blowing in the wind
CBS 6 reports that hundreds of medical records from patients at Richmond Dermatology and Laser Specialists were blowing around a parking lot. The records included, “patient lists, insurance information, social security information, phone numbers and treatment records that included one patient being treated for the herpes STD.” So how did the medical office respond when…
First we threaten the reporters….?
Kristen Ross of KBTX has a 3-part series on improper disposal of medical records in paper format. Part 1 describes hundreds of medical records floating around a dumpster that included names, addresses, social security numbers and medicaid numbers. Those documents were from the Daniel Jarvis Home Health Agency. According to Ross, attorneys for the home…