Brian Mylar reports: A box full of medical documents containing sensitive personal information from patients that was found in a recycling dumpster sparked a KSAT-12 Defenders investigation. A good Samaritan alerted the Defenders to the dumpster outside a church in Alamo Heights. Inside was a treasure trove of medical documents from the offices of Dr….
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Ca: Saving Hope actors witnessed rectal exam: Lawsuit
Michele Mandel reports: If the allegations in this lawsuit are true, well…. this is just unconscionable. Medical shows on TV are keen on getting their facts straight and their scenarios realistic. But at least one patient insists that research shouldn’t include letting the actors in to watch you get a rectal exam. That’s what Walter…
FL: ID theft reported at Jessie Trice health center; nearly 8,000 affected
Daniel Chang reports: Jessie Trice Community Health Center, a nonprofit system of health clinics primarily serving the uninsured in Miami-Dade, reported on Monday a data breach by “an identity theft criminal operation” that targeted patients’ personal information, including names, birth dates and Social Security numbers. Read more on Miami Herald. The breach was not discovered…
Sources: Navy intel chief’s security clearance suspended, can’t view classified info
David Larter reports: The head of naval intelligence has not been able to view classified information for an entire year. Vice Adm. Ted Branch, the director of naval intelligence, had his security clearance suspended in November 2013 after being investigated for possible misconduct. In the year since, no charges have been filed and there is…
CA: Former ABEO Employee Sentenced To Prison In Identity Theft Case
Reon Jordan, a former medical billing clerk at ABEO who was charged with misusing patient information, has been sentenced to four years and four months in state prison, and also ordered to pay $18,015 in restitution. CBS Los Angeles reports that Jordan pleaded no contest to one felony count each of grand theft, second-degree commercial burglary and identity…
Oh what a tangled web of Medicare fraud…
Yesterday, I linked to an article in Dallas Morning News about a former Parkland Memorial Hospital employee who will plead guilty to misusing patient information for a Medicare fraud scheme. That breach had previously been reported on this blog in 2011. The problem with the type of Medicare fraud involving home health care services he…