Scott Feldman reports: A folder containing personal information of 620 patients from the Indian Health Service Rosebud Service Unit was quickly recovered after being left in a public area at the IHS Rapid City Service Unit, according to a news release. IHS officials discovered the folder filled with classified information that included names, Social Security…
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Federal court upholds Florida's "docs vs. glocks" law
Associated Press reports: A Florida law restricting what doctors can tell patients about gun ownership was deemed to be constitutional Friday by a federal appeals court, which said it legitimately regulates professional conduct and doesn’t violate the doctors’ First Amendment free speech rights. The ruling by the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta…
Jury finds former head of Texas hospital chain guilty of fraudulently billing Medicare
AP reports the conviction of a doctor in a case previously noted on this blog: A North Texas physician who ran a now-closed hospital near Dallas has been convicted of conspiracy, identity theft and health care fraud. A federal jury in Tyler found Dr. Tariq Mahmood guilty Thursday of more than $1 million in fraudulent…
House Oversight’s lopsided hearing on the FTC
The House Oversight Committee held a hearing this morning that was supposed to be about FTC authority under Section 5, but it wound up being more of Chairman Darrell Issa using his position as a bully pulpit to attack the FTC, Tiversa, and Democrats on the committee who would not give a potential whistleblower (a former employee…
Dismissal of Sutter Health lawsuit to be appealed
I guess I wasn’t the only one surprised by the Third District Court of Appeal’s dismissal of a lawsuit against Sutter Health for violations of California’s Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (CMIA). The justices had unanimously held that the CMIA wasn’t triggered because there was no evidence that anyone even looked at the stolen protected health information, much…
Insider leak at San Antonio VA results in breach notifications
When a reporter came into possession of some veterans’ information, the San Antonio VA found itself with a reportable breach and a leak to investigate. From the VA’s report to Congress: Incident Summary During an on-camera interview on the evening of 06/02/14 with 4 VHA employees (identities disguised), the News 4 Reporter from WOAI stated “last week…