This may turn out to be one of the biggest healthcare sector breaches of the year. Kansas City Business Journals reports: Newkirk Products Inc. reported a security breach of personal information for health insurance ID cards, including those for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City. However, Newkirk said in a Friday release, the breach did not…
Category: Subcontractor
Uncommon Care, PA notifies almost 14,000 patients of Bizmatics breach
Oh my. Another Bizmatics, Inc. client has been first notifying patients of the 2015 breach discovered at the end of 2015. This time it’s Uncommon Care, PA in Texas, and they had to notify 13,674 patients. Uncommon Care, PA is committed to protecting patient information. This commitment includes notifying patients if there is a possibility that…
Some recent additions to HHS’s breach tool
Sometimes it takes a while to find documentation on breaches posted on HHS’s public breach tool. Here are some details on two breaches added to their site this month: Blaine Chiropractic Center – MN On July 14, HHS posted an entry for Blaine Chiropractic Center in Minnesota that affected 1,945 patients. The incident was coded as…
UK: Bungling contractors throw out 500 confidential documents in Newcastle CQC office refurb blunder
Helen Whitehouse reports: Confidential documents detailing the backgrounds of hundreds of people have gone missing following an office upgrade blunder. Bungling Contractors threw out a locked filing cabinet containing up to 500 Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) certificates for people who had applied to become registered managers and providers. The error, which happened during the…
Another Bizmatics client notifies patients of breach
We’re still learning of other Bizmatics clients who were notified that their patient data may have been acquired by criminals. Lifewellness Institute in California notified HHS this month that they had notified 2,473 of their patients of the incident. In a letter to their patients, a copy of which was kindly provided to DataBreaches.net by Lifewellness Institute, they…
Unauthorized employee accessed AnMed Health patient records, release says
Carla Field reports: A health care revenue company says one of its employees looked at nearly two dozen patient records without authorization. Cardon Outreach does contract work for AnMed Health, and has employees on site at the hospital. AnMed said in a release that a Cardon Outreach employee opened 22 patient files without authorization, including…