Dave Savini reports on two cases that sound like medical identity theft. Here’s the first one: Lisa Voss of Chicago tells 2 Investigator Dave Savini [she was] billed more than $1,300 by Stroger Hospital. She believes there are likely more victims. According to medical records with her name on them, Voss was diagnosed with schizophrenia. Voss says…
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Two Canadian doctors charged with misusing patient information
Terrence McEachern reports: The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan (CPSS) has laid charges against two Regina doctors for allegedly using patient contact information improperly without consent. The matters involving Dr. Lanishen Bhagaloo and Dr. Nivas Juggernath of Gateway Alliance Medical will either go to a penalty hearing if the accused admit to the…
Hurt introduces ACA privacy bill
Elizabeth O’Roark, Savannah Simpson, and Will Marshall report: Reps. Robert Hurt, R-Charlottesville, and John Barrow, D-Ga., introduced a bill Monday which would allow Healthcare.gov users to remove their permanent profile from the website to safeguard their privacy. H.R. 5610, also known as the Healthcare Consumer Privacy Act, on Monday. Read more on The Cavalier Daily.
Cook County Health & Hospitals System notifies hundreds of patients that email with PHI was sent without encryption
On September 17, Cook County Health & Hospitals System posted a breach notification on their site: As part of a collaborative public health project, an individual working on behalf of CCHHS sent an e-mail to an authorized individual at a non-Cook County healthcare organization in July 2014. The transmitted information contained protected health information that…
California Supreme Court to Hear Privacy Challenge to Prescription Database Statute
Kenneth Ofgang reports: The California Supreme Court has agreed to determine whether healthcare regulators violated the state Constitution’s privacy clause when they accessed a local doctor’s prescribing records as part of an investigation into claims of unprofessional conduct. The justices, at their weekly conference in San Francisco Wednesday, voted 5-0 to review the ruling of…
Commentary: Aventura Hospital breaches should trigger enforcement actions by HHS & FTC, but will they?
For years – even before the mainstream media caught on to the epidemic – PHIprivacy.net had been reporting cases of insider data theft for tax refund fraud schemes and calling special attention to Florida. By now, everyone seems to acknowledge that Florida is a hotbed of such crime. Yet despite this growing recognition of an ongoing and serious problem,…