A Gambrills, Maryland podiatrist was sentenced today to 54 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for health care fraud and aggravated identity theft. A statement issued by the U.S. Attorney for Maryland noted that Larry Bernhard, age 56, was also ordered to pay restitution of $1,122,992.08 for fraudulently billing Medicare. According…
Category: Health Data
A significant detail in the Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust breach?
Today’s Out-law.com reports that the individual who stole hard drives from the hospital and then sold them on eBay was an employee of the contractor they had hired to destroy the drives. Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust told Out-Law.com that hard drives containing patient data had been sold on the auction website by…
UK: Health worker convicted of obtaining patient details unlawfully
A former health worker has pleaded guilty to unlawfully obtaining patient information by accessing the medical records of five members of her ex-husband’s family in order to obtain their new telephone numbers. Juliah Kechil, formerly known as Merritt, a former Health Care Assistant in the outpatients department at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital, was convicted…
More breaches without details…
Some breaches newly added to HHS’s breach tool that I haven’t found details on yet: “KCI USA, Inc.”,TX,,567,9/8/2011,Theft, Other Portable Electronic Device, 12/8/2011, Rite Aid Corporation,PA,,”2,900″, 10/7/2011, Other, Paper, 1/10/2011, State of Tennessee Sponsored Group Health Plan,TN,,”1,770″, 10/6/2011, Unauthorized Access/Disclosure, Paper,1/10/2011, (previously reported on DataBreaches.net) Advanced Occupational Medicine Specialists, IL , Blue Vantage Group, “7,226”,…
Health Care Company Alerts Hoosiers About Privacy Leak
From The Indy Channel: Members of an Indiana non-profit health care program were alerted on Wednesday about a possible privacy leak within the organization’s records. MDwise officials said the personal records of 2,700 Hoosiers covered by the Healthy Indiana Plan, Care Select and Hoosier Healthwise health programs were possibly leaked to the Internet. Officials said…
Update: FBI interviews patient about alleged Prime Healthcare upcoding, privacy breach
Karen M. Cheung has more on the Prime Healthcare case, reporting that the FBI has interviewed the patient who gave her records to California Watch. While much of the report concerns the original focus of possible fraudulent billing of Medicare, some of the story concerns the privacy aspects. Reading it, you can understand why Prime…