This was reported last month, but I seem to have missed it until now. As it involves the misuse of patient information for fraud, I decided better to post it late than never: As a result of a joint investigation by the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office and the Miami-Dade Schools Police Department, 55 year old Violeta Otero,…
Category: Health Data
Pittsburgh-area counselor stole $600K through alleged insurance fraud scheme
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane’s office announced the arrest of a Pittsburgh-area woman charged with illicitly obtaining more than $600,000 through an alleged insurance fraud scheme. The arrest was announced Wednesday. The charges against Lisa A. Wally, 33, are the result of an investigation by the Office of Attorney General’s Insurance Fraud…
OR: Northwest Primary Care Notifies 5,372 Patients of Insider Data Theft
Northwest Primary Care (NWPC) is notifying certain patients about a security incident involving information that was stolen by a former employee. On October 13, 2015, NWPC was informed by law enforcement that the employee stole patient names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and credit card numbers. The theft occurred between April 2013 and December 2013. The employee…
High-Risk Security Vulnerabilities Identified During Reviews of Information System General Controls at Three California Managed-Care Organizations Raise Concerns About the Integrity of Systems Used To Process Medicaid Claims
From the Office of the Inspector General of the U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services: We summarized the high-risk security vulnerabilities that we identified as audit findings in our previous reviews of information system general controls at three California Medi Cal managed-care organizations (MCOs). We identified 74 high-risk security vulnerabilities in the information system…
1,500 patients impacted by laptop theft
Another physician has reported that a stolen laptop contained patient information. Carolyn B Lyde, MD, of Dermatology Center of Lewisville, Texas, notified HHS on November 30th that 1,500 patients were affected. There is no statement on their web site at this time and a Google search isn’t turning up any notices.
OH: More details emerge about patient records found at recycling center
Katie Wedell provides more details about patient records found at a recycling center in Springfield, Ohio It seems the person who found the records and reported that there were “hundreds” of records underestimated how many there were. Community Mercy Health Partners could face penalties from the federal government for improperly disposing of private medical records after thousands of old laboratory…