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Sued by Aetna over botched mail notifications, KCC fires back, suing Aetna

Posted on February 9, 2018 by Dissent

“I sue you, You sue me, We both sue too easily. Too easily to let it show. I sue you and that’s all I know.” — wrote Art Garfunkel never. Alison Frankel reports: A day after Aetna sued the claims administrator Kurtzman Carson Consultants for exposing confidential medical information about Aetna clients in a settlement…

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Aetna sues claims administrator KCC over botched notice in HIV case

Posted on February 7, 2018 by Dissent

Alison Frankel reports that Aetna is suing Kurtzman Carson Consultants for exposing plan members’ HIV status in envelope windows sent out in July as part of notifying members of settlement negotiations in other litigation matters.  The privacy breach resulting from the exposure resulted in Aetna members experiencing a privacy breach involving sensitive information, and led…

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Swisscom data breach: Personal details of one in ten Swiss citizens stolen

Posted on February 7, 2018 by Dissent

Jason Murdock reports: A Swiss mobile phone operator has admitted its data systems were breached late last year and the contact details of about 800,000 customers were compromised. Swisscom said on Wednesday (7 February) that the names, addresses, telephone numbers and dates of birth of customers were accessed by an unknown party, which got the…

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Court Declines to Dismiss Claims Against Business Associate Subcontractor Responsible for HIPAA Breach

Posted on February 1, 2018 by Dissent

CVS Pharmacy, Inc. v. Press America, Inc., 2018 WL 318479 (S.D.N.Y. 2018) A federal court has declined to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) against a mail service that violated the HIPAA privacy rule when it misaddressed mail and improperly disclosed protected health information (PHI) of 41 individuals. The PBM, which…

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Forrest General Hospital patients notified after business associate breach involving protected health information

Posted on February 1, 2018 by Dissent

HORNE LLP (“HORNE”) is providing notice of an incident that occurred at HORNE and may affect the security of protected health information of certain Forrest General Hospital patients.  HORNE has access to these individuals’ personal health information as part of services HORNE provides for Forrest General Hospital with certain Medicaid reimbursement services.  While HORNE is…

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 Eastern Maine Medical Center notifying 660 cardiac ablation patients after vendor’s hard drive discovered missing or stolen

Posted on February 1, 2018 by Dissent

Meg Haskell of the Bangor Daily News reports that 660 patients at Eastern Maine Medical Center will be receiving letters that their personal information was on a hard drive that was discovered missing on December 22, 2017. The hard drive, owned and operated by an unnamed vendor, held information on patients who underwent cardiac ablation between Jan. 3,…

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