Montgomery, Alabama – Tracy Mitchell, of Phenix City, Alabama; Dameisha Mitchell, of Phenix City, Alabama; Latasha Mitchell, of Phenix City, Alabama; Keisha Lanier, of Seale, Alabama; Sharondra Johnson, of Phenix City, Alabama; Cynthia Johnson, of Phenix City, Alabama; Mequetta Snell-Quick, of Phenix City, Alabama; Talarious Paige, of Phenix City, Alabama; and Patrice Taylor, of Midland,…
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Maschino, Hudelson & Associates notifies 5,500 after laptop stolen from employee's car
From their website today, this HIPAA Privacy notification: Maschino Hudelson & Associates (MHA or the Firm), an employee benefits broker, announced today that it is notifying approximately 5,500 people that a laptop containing some personal information was stolen from the trunk of one of their employee’s cars on or about April 2, 2014. The Firm immediately…
NY: Funeral home worker to be questioned in ID theft case at Albany Medical Center
Bryan Fitzgerald provides an update to a breach noted previously on this blog: A longtime funeral home employee will be questioned by investigators on Wednesday about his possible connection to an identity theft ring uncovered earlier this month that allegedly involves an Albany Medical Center Hospital nurse, said Albany County Sheriff Craig Apple. The interrogation,…
FL: Suspected identification theft at Highlands Regional may have led to fraud
Jay Meisel reports: Between 400 and 500 residents of Highlands County may have been defrauded of millions of dollars because of identity theft, Highlands County Sheriff Susan Benton said Monday. Benton said the investigation of that possible fraud has targeted five suspects, three of whom were former employees of Highlands Regional Medical Center. Most of…
Additional details on Los Robles Hospital breach
On May 10, I had noted a breach involving Los Robles Hospital and Medical Center in Thousand Oaks, California. HHS’s public breach tool had indicated that an incident involving their business associate, Courier Express, had resulted in the notification of 2,523 patients. A hospital spokesperson kindly called me to respond to the e-mail inquiry I had…
MO: Medical records found blowing in wind outside Research Hospital
Garrett Haake reports: At least several dozen, but possibly hundreds, of confidential medical records were scattered to the winds outside Research Hospital on Monday afternoon, potentially exposing the personal and medical information of scores of former patients of Midwest Women’s Healthcare. […] The man collected some 70 patient records and provided them to 41 Action…