Gordon Friedman reports: Patients at the Oregon State Hospital‘s maximum security ward report being upset that their private medical information was improperly shared by a hospital psychiatrist. On June 9, a psychiatrist used a cell phone to photograph a patient census sheet and accidentally sent it to six people, said Joni DeTrant, medical records director at OSH. The census…
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Athens Orthopedic committed to rectifying data breach issues
One of the surgeons at Athens Orthopedic Clinic in Georgia has written an open letter to patients and the community. I would encourage everyone to read it for perspective.
Glendale doctor sues Banner Health over data breach
The Republic reports on what will undoubtedly be just one of many lawsuits: A Glendale doctor has filed a class-action lawsuit against Banner Health after a cyberattack compromised the personal information of about 3.7 million patients, employees, cafeteria customers and others. Phoenix-based law firm Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro filed the lawsuit in Maricopa County Superior Court on behalf…
Former Tampa-Area Hospital Employee Sentenced For Stealing Patient Information And Filing Fraudulent Tax Returns
Tampa, Florida – Aug. 3 – U.S. District Judge Susan C. Bucklew today sentenced Shanakia Benton to three years in federal prison for wrongful disclosure of individual identifiable health information and wire fraud. As part of her sentence, the Court also entered a money judgment in the amount of $77,239, the proceeds of the wire…
Major Cyber-Criminal Extradited From Czech Republic to Face Charges in Atlanta
ATLANTA – Evgeny Tarasovich Levitskyy, a/k/a Vinchenco, a/k/a Vinch, a/k/a M.U.R.D.E.R.E.R., 31, of Nikolaev, Ukraine, was arraigned today before Catherine M. Salinas, United States Magistrate Judge, on federal charges of conspiracy to commit bank fraud, bank fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and wire fraud. Levitskyy was indicted by a federal grand jury on October…
Texas Nurse Sentenced to Prison for Health Care Fraud Scheme
Aug. 3 – A 55-year-old Denton County, Texas, nurse, has been sentenced to federal prison for health care fraud violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales. Florence Kroma, a/k/a Florence Kamara, a/k/a Florence Koroma, a/k/a Florence Bangura, 55, of Denton, Texas, was found guilty by a jury of nine…