Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown announced that two employees of Jamaica Hospital Medical Center in Queens, New York have been charged with illegally accessing medical records and personal identification information of emergency room patients who were then contacted — some while they were still in the emergency room – by attorneys seeking to solicit them as clients…
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FL: Another Defendant Sentenced In Identity Theft Tax Refund Fraud Scheme Involving Thousands Of Patients’ Personal Identity Information
There’s an update to a case first reported here earlier this year, and then updated here. As my investigation uncovered, the involved medical facility was Apex Laboratory, Inc., who, as of January 28, 2014, had not submitted any breach notification to HHS. Marquis Onigirin Moye, 24, of Pompano Beach, was sentenced for his participation in…
PA: Patient information, cash stolen from Coordinated Health
Tim Darragh reports: Burglars broke into a Coordinated Health office in South Whitehall Township earlier this month, taking patient information and cash, according to police and company officials. The information included the last four digits of patients’ credit cards and Social Security numbers, as well as names, birth dates, phone numbers and some health information….
CA: Data stolen from 5,000 Palomar Health patients after flash drives left in employee's car (updated)
Teri Figueroa reports: About 5,000 patients of Palomar Health had personal information — including medical diagnoses — stolen last month when someone swiped a company laptop and two flash drives from an employee’s vehicle, a company official announced Friday. Read more on U-T San Diego. A statement on Palomar Health’s website says: Notice to Palomar…
FL: Source Of Medical Patient Stolen Identities Pleads Guilty
The day after I pointed out how a USAO, Southern District of Florida press release failed to identify the medical practice from where patient data was stolen – and I named the facility – the same USAO office issued another press release today involving one of the other defendants in the conspiracy. And this time,…
AL: Patient data exposed on the internet due to subcontractor's error
There’s been another addition to HHS’s public breach tool. Punuru J.M. Reddy, MD, Inc. in Alabama reported a breach involving their billing vendor and business associate, PracMan, Inc. The incident, which affected 1,179 of their patients, reportedly occurred on August 22, 2013 and was added to HHS’s breach tool yesterday. In a statement issued March…