Elaine Silvestrini reports on yet another case out of Florida where patient data was misused for tax refund fraud: When the Florida Highway Patrol arrested a Tampa man during a traffic stop last year, troopers found evidence of tax refund fraud, including internal corporate documents from a Tampa-based private health insurance company. The documents from…
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Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report 2012 – what did they find in the health care sector?
The Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report 2012 (for 2011 data) is out, and although their methodology and sample does not include all the breaches that get reported to HHS or on DataLossDB.org, I thought their findings on the health care sector interesting. From their press release, here’s their overview of major findings: Health Care Most…
Failure to shred: radiology service notifies patients of potential breach (update1)
KOLR10/KOZL News reports: A Springfield medical group that provides radiology services to CoxHealth is telling its patients to watch their personal information. Litton and Giddings Radiological Associates, P.C. (LGRA) says its janitorial service inadvertently sent patient paper billing records to a Springfield recycling company without first shredding the documents. The incident involved a business associate’s…
That "HIPAA Release" says WHAT?
Over on Simple Justice, criminal defense attorney Scott Greenfield discusses a news story that is an eye-opener of sorts. It has do with how the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office has tried to capitalize on our tendency to not really read HIPAA release authorizations we are asked to sign at a doctor’s office. Read the following carefully:…
Yet another insider breach is revealed
Insider breaches are everywhere in the healthcare sector, it seems. I was just reading a news story about medical ID theft, and noticed another case mentioned that I had not known about: Investigators have seen employees inside health care offices with access to all the patients personal information stealing it, which happened at Health Sports…
Medical records ransom: when a "trend" is not a trend
I’ve been meaning to comment on media coverage of the breach involving The Surgeons of Lake County. While I’m glad my blog entry was able to bring it to the mainstream media’s attention, I was concerned to see some sites and professionals I respect treat it as either a novel crime or as part of…