Derick Hutchinson reports on a case of alleged insider-wrongdoing: A medical assistant at a doctor’s office in Pontiac has been charged with stealing personal identifying information from patients and defrauding the Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency, U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider said. Aline Harris, 34, of Detroit, is charged with wire fraud, wrongful disclosure of health information and identity theft….
Category: Health Data
San Francisco acupuncturist notifies patients whose records were stolen in burglary
Denise M. Bowden, LAc, M.S. is a licensed acupuncturist in San Francisco. A notice on her web site describes a recent data security breach: Denise M. Bowden, a board licensed acupuncturist, has become aware of a potential data security incident that may have resulted in the inadvertent exposure of some patients’ personal and health insurance…
HealthEquity reports email breach that compromised health information
ClickOnDetroit reports a press release from HealthEquity. From the notification/press release: HealthEquity has notified individuals potentially impacted by a security incident. A single employee’s email account was accessed by an unauthorized individual that may have culminated in disclosure of protected health information. The incident occurred on April 11, 2018 and was discovered on April 13,…
RISE Wisconsin Notifies Plan Participants of Data Security Incident
MADISON, WI – June 7, 2018 – RISE Wisconsin (“RISE”) (formerly Community Partnerships and Center for Families) has become aware of a data security incident that may have involved the limited protected health information of our participants. Although at this time there is no evidence of any attempted or actual misuse of anyone’s information as…
Phoenix Terros Health Notifies 1,600 Patients of Phishing Attack
Bridget Dowd reports: Terros Health reported a major data breach Friday, affecting about 1,600 patients. The Phoenix-based integrated care company helps patients with mental illness and addiction. The organization was notified in April that an unauthorized third party had gained access to an email account through a phishing scam. Karen Hoffman Tepper, chief operating officer, said…
Eleventh Circuit Vacates FTC Cybersecurity Order against LabMD
Attorneys at Ropes & Gray, the law firm representing LabMD in LabMD vs. FTC, write: On June 6, 2018, at the urging of Ropes & Gray, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit vacated an order that the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) had imposed on LabMD, Inc. (“LabMD”) to overhaul the cancer…