Barb Ickes reports: More than six weeks have passed since notice was given: Children were breaking into a vacant nursing home in East Moline and stealing people’s medical records. Several city officials, including police and the mayor, were notified immediately. The Illinois Attorney General was contacted. Ditto for the Illinois Department of Public Health and…
Category: Health Data
VA: Local CPA wants medical faxes to stop
Dan Casey reports: Richard Beason’s fax machine works pretty hard, spitting out documents regularly. One that came in July 13 was from a Roanoke cardiology office. He read part of that to me over the phone. “Patient has been complaining of fatigue and daytime somnolence,” it reads. “We have obtained nocturnal pulse oximetry.” […] Beason…
Wilmington doctor indicted on insurance fraud and identity theft charges
Esteban Parra reports: A Wilmington psychiatrist – a former Delaware Medical Board officer – has been indicted on charges he submitted more than $100,000 in insurance claims over a two-year period for visits that did not occur. To facilitate this fraud, Dr. Karl McIntosh used his patients’ personal identifying information without their consent, according to the state Department…
UK: Hundreds of sensitive council documents found in London estate
People in the U.K. may wish to make excuses for councils having breaches – e.g., “It’s just a few retired folks who mean well,” but I am fed up with the breaches of sensitive information that councils are responsible for. Consider this report today from the BBC: Hundreds of sensitive documents have been found in…
Nuance says majority of clients back online after Petya cyberattack
As Nuance continues to attempt to restore services following the Petya attack in June, it’s interesting to note their conclusion that this was not a reportable breach under HIPAA.
Rogue insiders can go undetected for a long time….
So how are you determining if your Business Associate or vendor has a rogue employee who may be stealing or misusing your patients’ protected health information? A notification from Anthem regarding an incident that affected more than 18,000 Medicare members in 21 states is a timely reminder that out of sight cannot mean out of mind…