Vulnerable individuals had their identity information sold by sleazy assisted living facilities employees to others who used it for Medicare and Medicaid fraud. A former health care clinic director and licensed therapist both pleaded guilty yesterday in connection with a health care fraud scheme involving defunct health provider Health Care Solutions Network Inc. (HCSN). Paul…
Category: Health Data
UConn Health Center Warns Patients of Privacy Breach
From NBC: The University of Connecticut Health Center is notifying patients about a privacy breach that could affect around 1,400 patient records. UConn Health Center issued a news release on Friday morning saying that a former employee, while employed for the center, inappropriately accessed approximately 1,400 patient records that were beyond the scope of the employee’s responsibilities….
Louisiana Tax Return Preparer Convicted of Stolen Identity Refund Fraud
Following a four-day jury trial in Baton Rouge, La., a federal jury convicted Angela Myers yesterday of wire fraud, making false claims, subscribing to false tax returns and aggravated identity theft, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service announced. Based on the evidence presented at trial, Myers operated Angie’s Tax Service, a tax preparation business…
RQRHA did not adequately protect health information
Pamela Cowan reports: The Regina Qu’Appelle Regional Health Authority (RQRHA) failed to follow provisions of the Health Information Protection Act (HIPA) in a 2010 privacy breach, according to Saskatchewan’s Information and Privacy Commissioner. Gary Dickson’s office began an investigation into the Regina breach after 15 addressograph cards – blue cards attached to patients’ charts when…
$250,000 penalty issued to Lucile Packard Children's Hospital was an error – CDPH
A breach at Lucile Salter Packard Children’s Hospital in 2010 generated a number of posts on this blog – especially after the hospital was reportedly fined $250,000 by California for a delay in notifying patients of the breach. I recently reported that the hospital had settled its appeal with the state and did not have…
HIPAA and state law privacy claims stand while medical malpractice claim falls
From the Michael H. Cohen Law Group: A federal court in Indiana rules that patient’s HIPAA and state privacy claims could stand, based on the allegation that a physician shared information about the patient’s medical condition with his employer. In Reed v. Rodarte, No. 2:11 CV 153 (N.D. Ind. Feb. 14, 2013), the court rejected the physician’s…