Ricardo Torres reports: A lab technician at the Children’s Heart Center Nevada who had access to patient files containing personal information was arrested two months ago on suspicion of identity theft, the center’s attorney said Friday. Read more on the Las Vegas Review-Journal. CHCN issued a statement on their website today that says, in part:…
Category: Health Data
Philadelphia Fire Department Warns of Data Breach Affecting EMS Transport Patients (updated)
Kim Glovas reports: The Philadelphia Fire Department has issued a warning that anyone who received ambulance services during an eight-month period in 2012 may have had his or her personal information compromised. The fire department says a rogue employee sold patient information to a theft ring in 2012, but the theft did not come to…
Western Montana Clinic notifies almost 7,000 patients of payment data hack
On March 18, the Western Montana Clinic announced that its website had been taken down after they discovered it had been hacked on or before March 14 by hackers who left a political message on the home page. At the time, the clinic said that patient data was safe, but they weren’t totally sure about payment data:…
“Denver VA blames TV station for data breach”
I was waiting to see what would happen with this one. Now I know. In a story headlined “Denver VA blames TV station for data breach,” Tom Roeder reports: The Department of Veterans Affairs in Denver is blaming a television station for a data breach that officials say compromised the personal information of 508 patients….
Hattiesburg Clinic issues statement regarding HIPAA breach
It’s still too easy for bad actors and others to download ePHI onto thumb drives. And do most covered entities even realize it has happened or is happening? WDAM in Mississippi reports that Hattiesburg Clinic has been notifying patients of unauthorized access to their records by a former optometry provider who allegedly accessed their records to send…
NV Attorney General Laxalt Announces Sentencing of Behavioral Health Provider for Medicaid Fraud
Nevada Attorney General Adam Paul Laxalt announced that Erik Badgett, 49, of Vista, CA was sentenced this week for his scheme of submitting false Medicaid claims for behavioral health services that were never provided. Badgett previously entered a guilty plea to one count of submission of false Medicaid claims and one count of theft. The…