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Ah, that pesky human error

Posted on June 9, 2013 by Dissent

Here are some breach reports you won’t see on HHS’s breach tool because they involve only a few patients, but they all involve human error by CareFirst employees who were mailing out information or claims: One insured’s payment receipt with Social Security number was mailed to another individual; One person’s claims information, including medical details was…

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Now if it was your medical info, how would you feel?

Posted on October 14, 2010 by Dissent

On June 10, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield notified the Maryland Attorney General’s Office of a breach involving member information. According to their letter,  a CareFirst associate leaving the Canton office did not transport member information securely.  As a result,  part of a member’s file fell out of the associate’s bag, where it was discovered by someone…

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Everywhere you look, there are breaches we didn’t know about…

Posted on October 12, 2010 by Dissent

Here are summaries of some other breach reports recently filed with the Maryland Attorney General’s Office.   I’ve tried to sort them or organize them somewhat  as I am going through them.  Some of the incidents affect only a few individuals, while others impact many more.  Most of them have never been reported in the…

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4 more healthcare breaches from 2009

Posted on February 27, 2010 by Dissent

Maryland has updated its web site to provide breach notifications that it has received since its last update.  The newly posted notifications are for the period ending December 31, 2009. Some of the breaches described in the notifications were reported in the media at the time,  but I spotted a number of previously unknown breaches …

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4 more healthcare breaches from 2009

Posted on February 27, 2010 by Dissent

Maryland has updated its web site to provide breach notifications that it has received since its last update.  The newly posted notifications are for the period ending December 31, 2009. Some of the breaches described in the notifications were reported in the media at the time,  but I spotted a number of previously unknown breaches …

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MD: Patient data exposed online

Posted on March 26, 2008 by Dissent

In a follow-up t0 a story first reported here, Liz F. Kay of the Baltimore Sun reports: A CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield dental HMO accidentally exposed personal information, including Social Security numbers, of about 75,000 members on a public Web site last month and didn’t notify them until about three weeks later. The Dental Network, which…

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