Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott today charged Treatment Associates of Victoria Inc., with violating the Texas Identity Theft Enforcement and Protection Act. According to court documents, the San Antonio-based drug testing and rehabilitation facility violated a state law that requires businesses to protect their customers’ sensitive information. The Office of the Attorney General (OAG) launched…
Category: Health Data
UK: Inquiry after patient records found dumped
Matt Wilkinson reports: An investigation has been launched into how a file loaded with confidential information on vulnerable mental health patients was picked up by a shopper in Oxford. A member of the public found the folder — lost by Bromford Housing Group — at Templars Square shopping centre in Cowley. The folder contained personal…
New Color Coded Hospital Bracelets Save Lives, But Raise Privacy Concerns
ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS reports: At hospitals, as at Tiffany’s, ruby-colored bracelets are far preferable to amethyst. New York’s 11 public hospitals are at the forefront of a national movement to standardize color coding of hospital wristbands to designate patient conditions, in which purple — the color of amethyst — means “Do Not Resuscitate.†Red, or ruby,…
Iowa chiropractor faces fraud charges
A Cedar Rapids chiropractor is facing nearly 40 counts of fraud, identity theft and money laundering. Douglas P. Dvorak was charged in an indictment filed this week in the U.S. District Court in Cedar Rapids. The indictment alleges that 45-year-old Dvorak submitted false Medicaid claims for chiropractic services he never provided. It also says he…
GA: Hospice Records All Over Shorter Avenue
Patient records from Heyman Hospice Care were scattered all over streets in west Rome around 10:00 this morning. City police have confirmed that records were found on the streets in the area of Howell Motor Cars near Division Street. When contacted, officials from the Hospice indicated that any comment would have to come from the…
Release by Employer of Protected Health Information Disclosed at Child Custody Hearing
An Apex, North Carolina couple filed a civil suit in Wake County Superior Court against the husband’s former employer(s), The Woodmoor Group Inc. and Accuro Healthcare Solutions, Inc., acquired by MedAssets, Inc., for damages suffered after the company disclosed protected health information. The couple is seeking an undisclosed amount of damages against MedAssets as…