An owner and operator of a Miami home health care agency pleaded guilty today in connection with a long-running $6.2 million Medicare fraud scheme involving Professional Medical Home Health LLC (Professional Home Health), and similar schemes at two other Miami home health care agencies. U.S. Attorney Wifredo A. Ferrer of the Southern District of Florida,…
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Update: Former Parkland Hospital Employee Admits Stealing Patient Information To Market His Home Health Agency In Garland, Texas
A former employee at Parkland Hospital in Dallas appeared in federal court yesterday and pleaded guilty, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Renée Harris Toliver, to a federal felony offense stemming from his theft of patient information from the hospital, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña. Viju Mathew, 49, of Garland, Texas, pleaded guilty to one count of…
UK: Medway Maritime Hospital accidentally faxes patient's records to a vet
Gareth Arnold reports: Confidential medical records have been fly tipped, lost, emailed to the public and even faxed to a vet. Staff at several trusts have been dismissed for data protection breaches including accessing patients’ records without permission, losing notes and sharing details with third parties. Since 2011, Medway NHS Foundation Trust has recorded 10…
FL: Baptist Primary Care: Former employee found with patient information during traffic stop
Catherine Varnum reports that Baptist Primary Care is sending out hundreds of warnings to patients after a former worker was caught with private patient records: It’s an alert patients didn’t want to get: Their personal identity found in a former Baptist employee’s car. Action News was first tipped off to the potential security breach on a…
MN: Northfield Hospital & Clinics patients notified of breach after PHI accidentally disposed of improperly
From Northfield Hospital & Clinics web site on November 21: Patients to be notified of breach of patient information Northfield Hospital & Clinics is in the process of directly notifying 1,778 patients about a recent breach in the handling of protected patient information. The notification stems from an incident over a period of eight days…
Concerns raised over misplaced patient records at UNMCC
Ryan Luby reports: While battling a serious illness, no one wants to worry about their medical records ending up in the wrong hands or in the wrong place. Yet, while acting on a tip, 4 Investigates learned there were concerns raised about patient privacy at the University of New Mexico Cancer Center, or UNMCC. 4…