Update: After this entry was posted, PHIprivacy.net received additional information indicating that there were actually two Macomb County Business Associates involved in the provision of the file to the County. “One of these two Business Associates is U.S. Health Holdings’ subsidiary Automated Benefit Services,” a spokesperson for the county’s communications firm tells PHIprivacy.net. “The breach did not occur at or by…
Category: Health Data
California Extends Deadline for Reporting Breaches to the CDPH from 5 to 15 Business Days
Cory J. Fox writes: On September 18, 2014, California Governor, Jerry Brown, signed Assembly Bill 1755 (“AB1755”) into law, amending breach notification provisions in the California Health and Safety Code applicable to licensed clinics, health facilities, home health agencies, and hospices. Under existing law, certain health care entities licensed by the California Department of Public Health (“CDPH”),…
Two Canadian doctors charged with misusing patient information
Terrence McEachern reports: The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan (CPSS) has laid charges against two Regina doctors for allegedly using patient contact information improperly without consent. The matters involving Dr. Lanishen Bhagaloo and Dr. Nivas Juggernath of Gateway Alliance Medical will either go to a penalty hearing if the accused admit to the…
House Democrat seeks hearing on CHS data breach, but why stop there?
Beth Walsh writes: A House Democrat seeks a hearing to investigate the recent data breach at Community Health Ssytems which impacted 4.5 million patients. Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), who is the top Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, wrote to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee chair Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) asking…
UK: ICO will take no futher action against ambulance service
The Daily Echo has a follow-up on a previously noted breach: A watchdog will take no further action against South Central Ambulance Service (SCAS) after personal details of its staff were accidentally posted online. Confidential details including sexuality, ethnicity and religion of nearly 3,000 of its staff were mistakenly published on the service’s website in October. Now the…
Mississippi woman sentenced for role in stolen identity fraud case
This may be related to another prosecution previously noted on this blog, even though this defendant was not listed as one of the co-conspirators in that case: Ciara Gooden, age 24, of Jackson, was sentenced this week to 30 months for conspiracy to defraud the United States. Gooden previously pled guilty to her role in…