WLS reports: The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services says information on about 3,100 clients in Cook County may have been released. It says a managed care contractor accidentally sent client ID cards to the wrong addresses. The personal information on the Family Health Network ID card included member name, state issued Medicaid number…
Category: Health Data
Michigan Agency Breaches PHI But Says Not Bound by HIPAA
I was glad to see that Health Data Management followed up on a breach where the entity said it wasn’t a HIPAA breach and had no duty to notify: Responding to questions from Health Data Management, a Michigan Department of Community Health spokesperson said the compromised data “were not medical records and therefore, no notification…
Insider threat, redux
Tampa Bay Times reports: Federal authorities say employees at James A. Haley VA Medical Center and Tampa General Hospital stole patients’ identities in tax fraud schemes. Haley employee David F. Lewis is accused of taking the names and Social Security numbers of dozens of hospital patients and selling the information to people who used it to…
Michigan Cancer Consortium hacked, almost 50,000 notified
No detailed medical records were involved, but the Michigan Department of Community Health is notifying nearly 50,000 affected residents that their PII/PHI may have fallen into the hands of a hacker. CBS Detroit reports the state has sent out letters after computers hosting the Michigan Cancer Consortium website were accessed by hackers. “They were reports…
MA: Medical records discovered in dumpster
Laura Hutchinson reports that a passerby discovered medical files left in a dumpster. The files were from Behavioral Health Network in Springfield. A spokesperson for BHN was reportedly surprised by the discovery: Darcy says this shouldn’t happened because they pay to get records shredded. “They come in and shred documents right on the premises before they take it…
Clients discover security breach on insurance carrier’s patient portal
Jenny Anchondo reports from Indianapolis: A security breach with a local health insurance company has been exposing members’ home addresses, cell phone numbers, prescriptions and extensive medical information in an online portal. The company had no clue about the issue, until Fox 59 notified them. So how many people might have been impacted? Fox 59…