Some of the data theft referred to in the charges was previously reported on PHIprivacy.net in 2011 and 2014. Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell announced today a nationwide sweep led by the Medicare Fraud Strike Force in 17 districts, resulting in charges against 243…
Category: Health Data
8 Indicted in Identity Thefts of Patients at Montefiore Medical Center
Liam Stack reports: A Montefiore Medical Center employee and seven others were indicted on Friday on charges of stealing the personal information of as many as 12,000 hospital patients and using it to make purchases at luxury stores, the Manhattan district attorney said. Officials said Monique Walker, 32, an assistant clerk at the hospital, allegedly stole personal information, including…
SC: EMS agency notifies patients about missing medical data
Teddy Kulmala reports: A safe with flash drives and hard drives that stored personal and medical information went missing from the Lancaster County EMS, and county officials are mailing letters to patients who have received EMS care since 2004. The safe was discovered missing from a county building on April 16, county officials say. Inside…
TX: Man stole personal information from people signing up for Obamacare
Andy Cerota reports: A government contractor in Houston who was supposed to be signing people up for Obamacare stole personal information from at least 17 people around the country. Kenneth Bacon, who worked in a Houston call center, is accused of taking down the names, dates of birth and Social Security numbers that enrollees gave…
FL: Patients’ information at risk following security breach at health centers
WFTV reports: The personal information of dozens of patients could be at risk following a security breach at a central Florida hospital group. A former patient contacted Channel 9 after she received a letter saying her personal information may have been stolen. The woman, who didn’t want to be identified, said she was a patient…
Unauthorized access gained to Heartland Dental databases
Adam Greenberg reports: Illinois-based Heartland Dental is notifying an undisclosed number of individuals that unauthorized access was gained to a limited portion of its IT systems, and that personal data may have been compromised. How many victims? Undisclosed. What type of personal information? Names, addresses, phone numbers, Social Security numbers, email addresses, certain information related to income and…