Brendan J. Lyons reports an update to a breach allegation noted previously on this blog involving Samaritan Hospital and Rensselaer County jail personnel: Two correction officers have filed a federal lawsuit accusing Rensselaer County jail officials, including Sheriff Jack Mahar, of illegally accessing their medical records after they missed work due to injuries or illness. A third plaintiff…
Category: Health Data
Was employee terminated for whistleblowing or privacy breach?
A nurse practitioner claimed she was wrongfully terminated after lodging an internal whistleblower complaint. However, her former employer said she violated privacy policies. hr.blr.com has a write-up of Worley v. Providence Physician Services, Co., Court of Appeals of the State of Washington, Division Three, No. 30950-9-III (7/23/13).
FL: Holy Cross Hospital patient records breached, possibly for tax refund fraud scheme
Brian Bandell reports: Holy Cross Hospital notified 9,900 of its patients that their personal information might have been breached by an employee who may have intended to commit tax fraud. Patient names, dates of birth, addresses and social security numbers were inappropriately accessed by an employee who has since been terminated, the nonprofit hospital said. This…
21st Century Oncology employee stole patient information for tax refund fraud scheme – feds
Here’s one we may not see on HHS’s public breach list, depending on how many patients were involved. 21st Century Oncology Services, an affiliate of Peninsula Cancer Care Center and 21st Century Oncology of Maryland, notified the Maryland Attorney General in July that they had been informed by federal law enforcement of an insider breach…
MO HealthNet/InfoCrossing breach much longer and larger than previously recognized
The MO HealthNet mailing error breach due to a software error by its Business Associate InfoCrossings was much bigger than originally reported, it seems. Maria Altman reports: Personal information for more than 25,000 Missourians in the state’s managed health plan went out to the wrong mailing addresses. The Department of Social Services announced Monday that…
Some breaches are not as bad as HHS's breach tool might suggest
In my recent recap of new additions to HHS’s public breach tool, I noted an incident involving Summit Community Care Clinic. My summary of the breach log was: Summit Community Care Clinic in Colorado reported that 921 patients were affected by a Hacking/IT incident that occurred July 22. There is no statement or notice on their web…