On February 15, 2018, UnityPoint Health discovered our email system was the victim of a phishing attack that compromised some employee email accounts. UnityPoint Health promptly took action to secure the impacted email accounts, changed passwords, and engaged external cybersecurity professionals to analyze what information might have been contained in the impacted accounts. After a…
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La: Former medical assistant, 7 others jailed in connection with prescription fraud
Littice Bacon-Blood reports: A former medical assistant at a children’s clinic and seven others have been arrested and jailed in connection with a fraudulent prescription drug ring for opiate-based medication, authorities in St. John the Baptist Parish announced Friday (April 13). Authorities at the St. John Sheriff’s Office accuse the medical assistant, identified by authorities as…
Blue Shield of California notifies members of privacy breach
As submitted to the California Attorney General’s Office: On March 23, 2018, the Blue Shield of California (Blue Shield) Privacy Office received confirmation that your Protected Health Information had been shared with an insurance broker who was not authorized to receive it. The disclosure occurred in November 2017, during the 2018 Medicare Annual Enrollment Period,…
Texas Health Resources notifying patients about incident in 2017 that affected multiple entities
Texas Health Resources is notifying fewer than 4,000 patients about an email incident last year. They were reportedly asked to delay notification for law enforcement purposes, and were told that this was part of a larger incident affecting multiple entities across the country. Now what larger incident would that be? Texas Health Resources is committed…
Former Suncoast Hospital patients worried about abandoned medical records
Peter Bernard reports: Patients of the former Suncoast Hospital are worried bad guys may have their private information. A security guard is watching the decaying, old medical center. But it might be too late to keep personal medical records from being stolen. “My wife had three of the kids out there. And she also had cataract surgery at…
Guardian Jacksonville Notifies 11,521 Patients of Email Compromise of Protected Health Information
From their notice of March 30: Guardian Pharmacy of Jacksonville, LLC (“Guardian”) is notifying certain patients of the unauthorized access to certain limited pieces of patient information, including patient name, prescription medication information, treatment details, and diagnosis information. For a small number of individuals, this information also included Social Security numbers and health insurance information. …