As seen on the web site of Dr. Richard Boehm: As required by law, this notice is to inform our patients that some of your confidential personal information may have been compromised. It has come to our attention that an employee may have printed documents containing some of our patients’ personal information from our computer…
Category: Health Data
NJ: Monmouth County Man Charged With Submitting Fraudulent Health Insurance Claims in the Name of the Doctor He Worked For, Then Stealing the Insurance Checks When the Claims Were Paid
Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino and the Office of the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor (OIFP) announced that a Monmouth County man was charged today with submitting fraudulent health insurance claims in the name of the ophthalmologist he worked for, then stealing the insurance checks when they came into the doctor’s office. Austin B. Mongiello, 27, of…
UK: Northern Irish nursing home fined by Information Commissioner’s Office
A nursing home in County Antrim has been fined £15,000 for breaking the law by not looking after the sensitive personal details in its care. An investigation by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) found widespread systemic failings in data protection at Whitehead Nursing Home at the time of a data breach. The breach came when a member of…
IN: Orleans Medical Clinic Patient Information Breach
Orleans Medical Clinic Patient Information Breach Orleans Medical Clinic was recently the victim of a hacking incident that resulted in inappropriate access to certain information about the Clinic’s patients. On or about April 17, 2016, we became aware of suspicious activity involving one of our computer servers. We initiated an investigation and learned that our…
Do you or a family member have a Health Savings Account? If so, read this.
If you have a health savings account (HSA), you may be one of many people who treat it like a savings account or an inactive checking account where you do not check your balance or withdrawals frequently. But your HSA may be an attractive target for fraudsters, and you need to protect it. DataBreaches.net has heard that…
Regina hospital employee caught snooping medical records, including ex-spouse’s
Alexa Huffman reports: A recent report by the Saskatchewan privacy and information commissioner has revealed a Regina General Hospital employee looked up the personal information of 35 people, including an ex-spouse. According to the Aug. 17 report, the Regina Qu’Appelle Regional Health Authority (RQRHA) received a complaint from a female patient on Oct. 15, 2015. A…