There’s a scene in one episode of NCIS where grieving colleagues of a dead agent fantasize what she might be saying or doing. In that episode, the now-dead Kate reaffirms her modesty and her concerns that others might see the tattoo on her “bum” or might see her nude on the autopsy table. It’s all…
Category: Health Data
Former nursing home aide arraigned on criminal charges in privacy breach
Ellen Yan of Newsday reports on a disturbing case on Long Island that involves a former nurse’s aide at Woodhaven Care Center in Port Jefferson. David Rover, 25, has been charged criminally for allegedly using his cellphone to secretly photograph the feces-covered genitals of an elderly resident and then sending the picture to a nursing student…
Mastermind in fraud scheme against mentally ill sentenced
Here’s a sentencing follow-up on a case previously mentioned on this blog. It seems that a number of the victims were employees of, or clients of, Resources for Human Development Inc.
Update to the Samaritan Hospital breach
Once again, information on a breach at Samaritan Hospital comes out late on a Friday. If letters went out Wednesday, why didn’t they issue a press release then? More details have emerged on the Samaritan Hospital breach discussed previously on this blog. Bob Gardinier of the Times Union reports: Two nurses are targets of the…
Lawsuit filed against Johns Hopkins over privacy breach
Julia Filip reports that a potential class action lawsuit has been filed by three former patients of Dr. Nikita Levy against the Johns Hopkins Health System dba The Johns Hopkins Hospital and Johns Hopkins Community Physicians, in Baltimore City Circuit Court. The lawsuit arises from disclosures that Dr. Levy was secretly recording and photographing his…
Health Care Clinic Director Pleads Guilty in Miami for Role in $63 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme
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…