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Canadian plastic surgery center and spa were leaking patient files

Posted on January 10, 2017 by Dissent

Dr. M.W. Elmaraghy, a Canadian plastic surgeon, owns SpaSurgica, an outpatient plastic surgery clinic in Waterloo. He also owns Rejuvenate Medical Spa, which is at the same location as SpaSurgica. On December 27, Bob Diachenko of the MacKeeper Security Research team contacted DataBreaches.net to say they had discovered patient data from those two entities was exposed and that anyone could…

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Cosmetic surgery center discloses ransomware attack

Posted on January 10, 2017 by Dissent

The Susan M. Hughes Center is a cosmetic surgery and medical spa with locations in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. On December 27, they notified HHS of a ransomware incident affecting 11,400 patients. The following is their statement about the incident: The Susan M. Hughes Center is committed to maintaining the privacy and security of patient information we maintain. This…

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HHS OCR: Henrico Sen. Dunnavant’s political letter to patients broke health privacy rules, but no sanctions needed

Posted on January 10, 2017 by Dissent

There’s a follow-up to an HHS OCR investigation that I had noted back in October, 2015. And since we don’t see many OCR investigations reported like this one, it’s worth noting. Politicians who are also HIPAA-covered entities, in particular, may wish to take note. Graham Moomaw reports: State Sen. Siobhan S. Dunnavant, a Henrico County…

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Eastern Health Investigating Unusual Privacy Breach

Posted on January 10, 2017 by Dissent

It was ultimately a case of calling the wrong phone number, but due to a combination of factors, the error wasn’t realized until after some patient information had been revealed. VOCM reports: Eastern Health is investigating after VOCM Backtalk host Pete Soucy found himself in a recent comedy of errors that resulted in a privacy…

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First HIPAA enforcement action for lack of timely breach notification settles for $475,000

Posted on January 9, 2017 by Dissent

OCR has announced a settlement involving a breach that I never even reported on this site at the time and that doesn’t appear to have been in the news at the time. A quick look at HHS’s “Wall of Shame” shows two entries for the incident at issue: one entry says it was reported on…

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VA: Former Nurse Sentenced for ID Theft and Bank Fraud

Posted on January 6, 2017 by Dissent

There’s an update to a case previously noted on this site. Capri M. Williams, 26, of Richmond, was sentenced today to three years in prison for identity theft and bank fraud crimes related to her stealing personal identifying information (PII) of hundreds of patients while employed at Commonwealth Primary Care (CPC), Inc., in Richmond. Williams…

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