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Utah bill to require warrant to access state prescription database advances

Posted on February 25, 2015 by Dissent

Lee Davidson reports: The Senate passed a bill Tuesday that is designed to stop police from snooping without a warrant into a state database that records Utahns’ prescription medicines. The Senate sent SB119 to the House on a 27-0 vote. Its sponsor, Sen. Todd Weiler, R-Woods Cross, said in earlier debate that police now search…

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Legal liabilities in recent data breach extend far beyond Anthem

Posted on February 24, 2015 by Dissent

Joseph Conn reports: The potential legal liabilities from the unprecedented breach of some 80 million individuals’ records at Indianapolis-based insurance giant Anthem could entangle nearly 60 health insurance plans from Hawaii to Puerto Rico, legal experts say. More than 50 class-action lawsuits related to the breach already have been filed in less than a month. The plans could find…

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FBI close to IDing Anthem hacker

Posted on February 24, 2015 by Dissent

Cory Bennett reports: The FBI is close to naming the cyberattacker behind the Anthem data breach. Whether it tells the public, though, remains to be seen. “We’re close already,” said Robert Anderson, who leads the FBI’s Criminal, Cyber, Response, and Services Branch, during a Tuesday roundtable with reporters. “But we’re not going to say it…

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The Latest Privacy Risk? Looking Up Medical And Drug Information Online

Posted on February 24, 2015 by Dissent

Neil Ungerleider reports: If you have cancer, HIV, diabetes, lupus, depression, heart disease—or you simply look up health-related information online—advertisers are watching you. A new paper on what happens when users search for health information online shows that some of our most sensitive internet searches aren’t as anonymous as we might think. Marketers care very much about…

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GA: Nurse Indicted On Health Care Fraud, Identity Theft

Posted on February 23, 2015 by Dissent

Tasnim Shamma reports: A wellness nurse practitioner in Stone Mountain allegedly pocketed more than $1 million by charging insurance companies for services she never performed. This week, a federal grand jury indicted her on charges of health care fraud and identity theft. […] The indictment says Patterson first started filing false claims while working part-time at the Family…

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CDPH Issues Penalties to Hospitals for Privacy Breaches (Updated)

Posted on February 23, 2015 by Dissent

You know all those monetary penalties HHS generally doesn’t hand out? Well, the state of California does when it enforces Section 1280.15 of the California Health and Safety Code. Earlier this year, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) announced it had issued monetary penalties this year to the following hospitals after investigations into privacy breaches.  Links below…

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