United States Attorney Joyce White Vance announced that Isaac Earl Smith, 38, and Annetra Poole-Moore, 37, have agreed to plead guilty to federal crimes involving health care fraud, disclosures prohibited by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), and aggravated identify theft. Between about September 2008 and April 2009, Smith, of Pleasant Grove, and…
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Two will plead guilty to HIPAA violations
United States Attorney Joyce White Vance announced that Isaac Earl Smith, 38, and Annetra Poole-Moore, 37, have agreed to plead guilty to federal crimes involving health care fraud, disclosures prohibited by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), and aggravated identify theft. Between about September 2008 and April 2009, Smith, of Pleasant Grove, and…
The FISMA challenge
Federal healthcare officials are trying to figure out how to remove— or at least significantly reduce—what they say is a barrier to their ability to share health information with the private sector. The obstacle is the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA), a set of information security requirements that were mandated for U.S. federal government…
Miami-Dade Schools employee faces fraud charges
Roshell Demps was hired to help Miami-Dade Schools personnel obtain their employee benefits…. Authorities say Demps used one employee’s personal information to open a credit card account — and then went on a spending spree. […] Most recently, [Demps] worked in the office that oversees healthcare benefits, life insurance and workers compensation. When authorities went…
Whistleblower lawsuit against Kaiser Foundation Health Plan (update 2)
At a time when concerns about the privacy and security of electronic health records are a hot topic and the issue of private vs. public health insurance is making the front pages, a lawsuit filed by a former Kaiser employee alleges that Kaiser knowingly and repeatedly violated HIPAA, exposed millions of members to identity theft,…
Nationalized health care, stimulus and privacy rights
John D. Penn, a partner in corporate law firm Haynes & Boone, has a commentary in the Fort Worth Business Press. He argues that: Creating one set of national health records for everyone (enacted in the 2009 economic stimulus law) and requiring all healthcare providers to be substantial users is an irreversible step toward nationalized…