VOCM reports: An Eastern Health employee has been let go after what health officials say was a deliberate privacy breach involving private information on 11 patients. VOCM’s Linda Swain reports. Read more on VOCM.
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Former DC Youth Rehab Employee Sentenced to 4 Years Role in Identity Theft and Tax Fraud Scheme
A former D.C. Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services (DYRS) employee who provided 645 youth offenders’ identity information to a tax refund fraud ring was sentenced today. Marc A. Bell pleaded guilty in January for his role in the scheme that filed more than 12,000 fraudulent tax returns seeking at least $42 million in refunds. According to the Department…
MI: Former doctor’s office clerk sentenced for stealing patients’ identities
WZZM reports: A former doctor’s office billing clerk will spend time in prison for writing checks and applying for credit cards using information stolen from patients. Christine Ann Kroeze will spend between 4.5 and 14 years in prison on six felony convictions. Read more on WZZM. The accompanying video focuses on a sign that…
Ca: Nurse found guilty of professional misconduct for snooping into patient records
May Warren reports: A Peterborough nurse has been found guilty of professional misconduct for accessing almost 300 confidential patient records at Peterborough Regional Health Centre over two years, at a disciplinary hearing she fought to keep secret. Mandy Edgerton (formerly Edgerton-Reid) was slapped with a four-month suspension and a formal reprimand on Wednesday, by a…
Vail Valley Medical Center notifies 3,118 patients whose PHI was stolen by departing employee
HIPAA Journal reports: Vail Valley Medical Center (VVMC) is in the process of notifying 3,118 patients of the inappropriate disclosure of some of their protected health information (PHI). A physical therapist formerly employed at Howard Head Sports Medicine was discovered to have copied the PHI of patients and taken the data to his new employer….
PH: BIR probes employees for leaking sensitive data
Ben O. de Vera reports: The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) is looking into an alleged leak of confidential information obtained from tax tipsters. In Revenue Memorandum Circular No. 50-2016 issued last April 22, BIR Commissioner Kim S. Jacinto-Henares said the leak was allegedly perpetrated by the bureau’s own officers and employees. Henares said the…