Amy Crofts reports: After a break-in earlier this year, the owners of Leading Edge Physiotherapy are notifying patients that their information may have fallen into the wrong hands. An advertisement on page 42 of the Sept. 7 edition of the Gazette informed patients that on Feb. 3, Leading Edge Physiotherapy in the Campbell Business Park…
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ICS Collection Service, Inc. press release on data breach affecting University of Chicago Physicians Group patients
ICS Collection Service, Inc. (“ICS”) is a debt collection agency specializing in recovering aged debt from individuals (“debtors”) on behalf of healthcare and commercial entities (“clients” or “creditors”), including University of Chicago Physicians Group (“UCPG”). ICS had previously contracted with UCPG for collection and address verification services. While the contract had been terminated before the potential breach…
Burglar snatches laptop with patient medical records from San Jose internist's office
Hankyu Chung, M.D., an internist in San Jose, California, reports that on June 16, there was a burglary at his offices. The burglar was able to gain access to the offices by entering the building complex through an unlocked door and using the crawl space above the office to gain access to it. The burglary…
FL: Haley volunteer accused of stealing patients’ identities
A volunteer at the James A. Haley Veterans Hospital has been accused of stealing patients’ identities and using that information to file fake income tax refunds of about $550,000, according to federal court documents. Ricardo Jacinto Rodriguez, the VA volunteer, and Andropolis Jioberiti Mitchell were indicted last week on charges of embezzlement and fraud. The…
Medical University of South Carolina notifies patients of breach at credit card processing vendor
The Summerville Journal Scene reports: MUSC says it has had its financial records hacked and credit card information for some 7,000 people has been compromised, according to area reports. At some point between June 30 and August 21, the records of Blackhawk Consulting Group were compromised and hackers got the credit card information for patients…
Legal Issues in Keeping Patient’s Credit Card Information on File
Scott F. Roberts briefly overviews the HIPAA, PCI-DSS, and FTC risks physicians may run if they store patients’ credit card data. Read more on National Law Review.