In a bit of a bombshell, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform sent Edith Ramirez, Chairwoman of the FTC, a letter yesterday that provided some details of its investigation of Tiversa and the “less than accurate” and “incomplete” information its CEO, Robert Boback, provided in his testimony to the FTC in its case against LabMD….
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Medical privacy breach was "under color of state law"
Wait a Second! reports an update to a lawsuit mentioned previously on this blog. Four guys who worked for the New York City Fire Department held a grudge against one of their colleagues. According to the plaintiff, these guys accessed plaintiff’s medical records from the FDNY system and leaked them to the Village Voice, damaging…
Health records of nearly 34,000 patients stolen from Santa Rosa office
Elizabeth M. Cosin reports: A thumb drive containing health records of nearly 34,000 patients was stolen from a Santa Rosa medical office last week, officials said Wednesday. The drive was stolen June 2 from an unlocked employee locker at the former Redwood Regional Medical Group imaging center at 121 Sotoyome Dr., according to St. Joseph…
CNA's father gets 7-year sentence in nursing home identity theft case
Tim Mullaney reports: A Florida man has been sentenced to seven years in prison for a tax fraud that victimized nursing home residents and involved his daughter, a certified nursing assistant, federal and state authorities recently announced. Norman V. Charlton, 50, pleaded guilty to identity theft and conspiracy charges in March and was sentenced Friday…
MO: Van gets stolen with medical records, could keep boy scouts from attending camp
Kasey Babbitt reports: Parents of boy scouts in troop 221 are worried that their children’s medical records have been compromised, after a family van is stolen in Independence. Kathleen Pace says she volunteers for her son`s boy scout troop and was in charge of gathering copies of the children`s physicals because they need them for…
Man charged with stealing identities of clients of his drug-testing business
Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced charges against a Chicago area man for stealing the identities of hundreds of Chicago area people and using their personal information to set up cable television accounts for other people. Roy Burks, 37, of Richton Park, appeared earlier today in Cook County Criminal Court to formally face charges of…