EVERETT, Wash., Feb. 2, 2018 — Western Washington Medical Group (“WWMG”), located in Everett, Washington, discovered that medical records and information for some of its patients may have been improperly disposed of on November 13, 2017. On that date, the janitorial service performed their routine clean-up but mistakenly comingled documents from the WWMG Orthopedic, Sports, Spine, and…
Category: Health Data
CarePlus notifying 11,200 members of breach involving protected health information
WFLA reports that CarePlus Health Plans is notifying 11,200 customers after a series of programming and printing errors resulted in explanation of benefit letters being sent to the incorrect members on January 9 or January 16. The breach was discovered on January 17. According to the statement provided by the insurer: The information disclosed included: Member…
IE: Patients’ details discovered on street
Catherine Shanahan reports: The discovery on a Co Louth street of four pages of doctor’s notes containing patients’ details has been reported to the Data Protection Commissioner. A member of the public found the consultant’s report, which contained the names and dates of birth of at least 18 patients and the units they were treated…
Ron’s Pharmacy Services Notifies Patients of Email Compromise
San Diego, California: February 2, 2018 – Ron’s Pharmacy Services (“Ron’s Pharmacy”) is notifying certain patients of the unauthorized access to certain limited pieces of patient information, including patient names, Ron’s Pharmacy internal account numbers, and payment adjustment information. This information also included prescription medication information for a small number of impacted individuals. Although we…
Court Declines to Dismiss Claims Against Business Associate Subcontractor Responsible for HIPAA Breach
CVS Pharmacy, Inc. v. Press America, Inc., 2018 WL 318479 (S.D.N.Y. 2018) A federal court has declined to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) against a mail service that violated the HIPAA privacy rule when it misaddressed mail and improperly disclosed protected health information (PHI) of 41 individuals. The PBM, which…
Forrest General Hospital patients notified after business associate breach involving protected health information
HORNE LLP (“HORNE”) is providing notice of an incident that occurred at HORNE and may affect the security of protected health information of certain Forrest General Hospital patients. HORNE has access to these individuals’ personal health information as part of services HORNE provides for Forrest General Hospital with certain Medicaid reimbursement services. While HORNE is…