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St. Louis County Files Class Action Lawsuit Against Anthem BCBS

Posted on March 27, 2015 by Dissent

Not surprisingly, there are a slew of class action lawsuits filed against Anthem over their major breach. I was surprised, however, to see a government agency suing. Bill Reker reports that attorney Maureen Brady, with the Kansas City law firm of McShane and Brady has filed the suit. Read more on CBS.

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UK: Former Countess of Chester Hospital nurse banned for confidentiality breach

Posted on March 26, 2015 by Dissent

ChesterFirst reports: A former sexual health adviser at the Countess of Chester Hospital has been suspended from nursing after he disclosed details of a patient’s illness to a third party. Mark Henry Newman, 54, formerly of Acorn Court, Upton, has been suspended for nine months by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) after he breached…

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FL: Federal Jury Finds Husband And Wife Guilty Of Operating A Clinic To Defraud Medicare

Posted on March 26, 2015 by Dissent

Here’s another case where patients knowingly participated in a Medicare fraud scheme, so I wouldn’t consider them victims (even though law enforcement never seems to prosecute them as criminals or co-conspirators). I think that the real victims here were the doctors whose identity information was misused to support the scheme and the insurance carrier who paid…

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Identity theft allegedly occurs at hospital

Posted on March 25, 2015 by Dissent

Another case of medical identity theft, it seems. Seen on Salina.com: A 45-year-old California woman reported that when she tried to purchase a house in Hemet, Calif., she was denied the loan because of a $10,000 debt she allegedly owed to Salina Regional Health Center that showed up on her credit report. Manuela Chavez said…

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Ca: Privacy commissioner calls for prosecution over Rob Ford privacy breach

Posted on March 25, 2015 by Dissent

Olivia Carville reports: Ontario’s privacy commissioner is calling for the two health professionals who allegedly snooped into former mayor Rob Ford’s medical records to face prosecution. If the duo is convicted, this would mark the first successful prosecution under the province’s health privacy law, which came into force more than a decade ago. Read more…

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KY: Former Health Care Worker Arrested For Identity Theft

Posted on March 24, 2015 by Dissent

LEX18 reports: On Friday, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office served an arrest warrant on a Lee County woman, following an investigation by the Kentucky State Police. The initial investigation alleges that Marsha Cook, 51 years old of Beattyville, stole the identities of two elderly females and received student loans totaling more than $50,000. Cook, who…

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