An update to a breach previously reported on this blog: Jayna Omaye reports that Eltonya Wiley, the last of six defendants in the case, has pleaded guilty to her part in an identity theft for tax refund fraud scheme that used the information of 92 patients at Villages Endoscopy & Surgical Center, where she was…
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Unfair enforcement? FTC vs. LabMD
Is the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) – the agency that is supposed to protect consumers from unfair business practices – itself engaging in unfair practices in its treatment of LabMD? Who protects us from over-zealous regulators? Back in the Day In the second half of the last decade, we all began hearing more reports of inadvertent exposure…
Molina breach on patient data (updated)
The Albuquerque Journal reports: Molina Healthcare said Friday personal information on some of its 5,261 former members was inadvertently mailed out to individual households via postcards in mid-March. The postcards contained a tracking number that included Social Security numbers — although not names — of individuals and sent to former Molina members, the company said…
Georgia governor signs law to drug test some welfare recipients
David Beasley reports: Georgia Governor Nathan Deal signed legislation on Tuesday requiring some applicants for food stamps and welfare benefits to undergo a drug test. Under the bill, testing could be required if authorities have a “reasonable suspicion” of drug use. A person failing the test would temporarily lose benefits, although their children could receive…
AL: Patients' personal info stolen from Flowers Hospital by employee for tax refund fraud scheme
Ken Curtis reports: Flowers Hospital has sent letters to people whose lab work performed there warning that their identity may have been stolen and used to file fraudulent income tax returns. A copy of the letter made available to WDHN states the files were stolen between June, 2013 and February, 2014. Read more on DothanFirst….
Disclosure of medical records breached patient’s human rights – Strasbourg
The release of confidential patient details to a state medical institution in the course of her negotiations with a hospital over a lawsuit was an unjustified interference with her right to respect for private life under Article 8. Read more on UK Human Rights Blog. The case is L.H. v Latvia [2014] ECHR 453 (29 April 2014) – read judgment.