Benjamin Woodard follows up on a situation I noted on this blog in 2013 involving medical records that were abandoned over a decade ago at Edgewater Hospital in Chicago: Demolition crews this week began removing loads of old patient medical records from the vacant Edgewater Medical Center, a month after city inspectors criticized the lack of…
Additional information on Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City breach
On April 22, I noted that HHS had added a report from Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Kansas City (“Blue KC”), but that I had been unable to find any information on the “unauthorized access/disclosure” breach that reportedly affected 2,546. It turns out that this was an insider breach involving employee wrongdoing. On April…
Additional information on Susquehanna Health breach
On April 22, I noted that Susquehanna Health had notified HHS that 657 patients were affected by a breach on December 5, 2013 involving “Unauthorized Access/Disclosure, E-mail.” I could find no statement on their website at that time. I still can’t find one, but their report to the Maryland Attorney General’s Office provides the missing details. On December…
Back at FTC vs. LabMD
In this week’s developments, the FTC has filed its response/opposition to LabMD’s motion for summary decision. In other matters, the administrative law judge has denied LabMD’s motions in limine to exclude two expert witness’s testimony, noting that such exclusion would be premature and consideration of what should be excluded needs to be decided within the…
NY: Albany Medical Center nurse charged with stealing patient identities
Tim O’Brien reports: A nurse at Albany Medical Center is accused of stealing the identities of patients for at least a year and possibly as many as four, Sheriff Craig Apple said Wednesday evening. She and her live-in boyfriend then used the information to set up credit card accounts and to print fake bank checks, he said. The nurse was…
Non-profits Expose Personal Info, Hundreds of Thousands at Risk for Identity Theft
Hal M. Bundrick reports: Your charitable intentions could be exposing you to identity theft. Research conducted by security firm Identity Finder has found hundreds of thousands of examples of exposed personal data contained in the annual tax returns required to be filed by tax exempt organizations. These IRS Form 990s are scanned and open to…