Seriously. How many times will see news reports of how medical practices closed their doors and just dumped patient records? Here’s another case this week, reported by WSFA in Alabama, who made great efforts to track down someone – anyone – who might be able to help identify the culprit (and yes, I use the…
Category: Paper
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana notifies Indigo members whose billing statements were erroneously sent to others
Another problem with mailing bills that results in a HIPAA breach. Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana, Inc. (PHPNI) posted an FAQ on December 18 about an incident affecting Indigo members. Their report to HHS indicates that 1,708 patients were affected. What happened? An error occurred in the assembly of a premium billing statement mailing on December 8,…
Allina Health Isles Clinic notifies more than 6,000 patients of improper disposal of their records
First, the notice from Allina Health in Minnesota: This notice concerns a privacy situation that occurred at the Allina Health Isles Clinic, located at 2800 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55408. On October 27, 2015, Allina Health discovered that in limited circumstances, containers which may have had documents with patient information were being emptied into a…
Florida Agency For Healthcare Administration records with PHI sent to landfill by mistake
From Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration, Dec. 21: HIPAA Notice of Improper Disposal of Protected Health Information. The Agency for Health Care Administration has determined that certain inspection records which may contain protected health information were improperly disposed of on November 12, 2015. On November 13, 2015, the Agency discovered that old inspection records of…
FL: Medical records found scattered on Fort Myers street identified
WINK News reports: Hundreds of medical records from patients at Radiology Regional Center spilled out on Fowler Street earlier Saturday morning, causing a major traffic tie up. The records included financial accounting statements, old phone bills, invoices and front desk registration information. Read more on WINK News. A county employee seems not to have noticed that doors on the…
Ca: Oshawa reports privacy breach affecting 18 taxpayers
Reka Szekely reports: Property tax letters for 18 Oshawa residents may have been inadvertently sent to the wrong address, City of Oshawa staff say. The City reported a privacy breach surrounding the pre-authorized tax payment plan letters that were mailed out on Dec. 1. Jason McWilliam is the manager, records information systems for the City….