Steve VanBergen reports: A full prescription fraud investigation is taking shape after a dentist office employee invited people to the office after hours, resulting in stolen information. Police say patients’ credit card information may also be compromised. The incident happened on Tuesday at a dental office in Antwerp Township, according to the Van Buren County…
Category: Health Data
Updates to HHS breach tool
HHS added a number of breaches to its public breach tool yesterday, including one from 2008. Here are the ones we already knew something about, linked to previous coverage on this blog: Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital Coulee Medical Center reported that 2,500 patients had their PHI improperly shared by the physician University of Pennsylvania Health…
Did AOL's CEO violate HIPAA?
By now, most people are aware of a statement by AOL’s CEO Tim Armstrong that blamed employee benefits cuts on two “distressed babies” where the health plan had paid out one million dollars each for the babies’ care. His comments were disturbing on a number of levels, but did his statement violate HIPAA’s Privacy Rule?…
PA: Wind Gap Kmart reports prescription data breach following armed robbery
Jim Deegan reports: A gunman who robbed the Wind Gap Kmart last month left with more than cash. A bag stolen from a safe contained money and electronic media that backed up the store pharmacy’s computer system, the retailer said today. The media contained confidential information related to customer prescriptions: names, addresses, dates of birth, prescription numbers,…
Woman pleads guilty to forging letters to Alexian Brothers patients
Finally, this bizarre case appears to be over. Barbara Vitello reports that Michelle Morrison, formerly employed by Alexian Brothers Behavioral Health Hospital pleaded guilty to three separate counts of forgery and has been sentenced to 30 months probation. As a senior account representative at the Alexian Brothers psychiatric facility from November 2005 until July 2010, Morrison handled billing…
Traffic stop uncovers stolen personal information of hundreds of people
Call it a “hunch,” but I wouldn’t be surprised if this breach might belong on this blog. Associated Press reports: Authorities have recovered hundreds of pages of stolen personal information after pulling over a vehicle going 111 mph in a 65 mph zone near Farson in southwestern Wyoming. The Wyoming Highway Patrol says a trooper…