Mike Nolan reports: A suburban physician was indicted on federal fraud charges for allegedly pocketing nearly $1 million in payments from Medicare and a private insurer for nonexistent treatment, the U.S. attorney in Chicago announced Friday. The 12-count indictment against Pranav Patel, owner of Palos Medical Care in Palos Heights, alleges he submitted fraudulent claims…
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WHEN do you have to notify by? State laws vary.
MintzLevin has updated its state data breach law matrix, as I noted previously on the page where I link to such resources. Here’s an excerpt from their matrix: Breach Notification Timeline Time After Discovery of Breach Action Required 10 Calendar Days Puerto Rico Department of Consumer Affairs 14 Business Days Vermont AG preliminary…
MS: Former Hospital Employee Charged for Stealing from Patient
A former employee at St. Dominic Hospital in Jackson was arrested Wednesday for stealing money and banking information from a patient, announced Attorney General Jim Hood. Shaniqua Kiera Jenkins, 27, of Jackson, was arrested by investigators with the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control following an indictment by a Hinds County grand jury on one count…
Scenic Bluffs Community Health Centers notifies patients of security breach
Hmm. The County Line posted the following notice with this preface: Editor’s note: Scenic Bluffs Community Health Centers prepared the following press release on its security breach in late February. Except I don’t see the notice on their site at all. Or on HHS’s breach tool. Did this not appear on HHS’s breach tool because…
Data breach affects Billings Clinic patients who used pharmacy at downtown location
Susan Olp reports: A data security breach involving Billings Clinic‘s email system affected 949 patients who used the Atrium Pharmacy, the hospital disclosed Friday. All of the patients who were part of the breach had access to or used the pharmacy at the hospital’s main campus, 2800 10th Ave. N., hospital spokesman Luke Kobold said…
MA: Leominster pays $10K in bitcoin ransom to undo cyberattack on schools
Paula J. Owen reports: The city paid $10,000 in bitcoin last week to cyber extortionists who infiltrated the school district’s computer systems over the April school break, according to city officials, affecting every school in the district. Mayor Dean J. Mazzarella called those who carried out the cyberattack “smart” and said they knew what they…