Chao Xiong reports: Civil liberties and personal privacy clashed Wednesday in the trial of a Little Canada man charged after filming paramedics as they helped an intoxicated and possibly suicidal patient. Kevin Beck, prosecuting for the city of Little Canada, argued that Andrew J. Henderson disrupted the paramedics when he refused to obey their request…
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IL: Pharmacist Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison for Obtaining $1.7 Million From Health Insurers for Drug he Never Dispensed
A Chicago pharmacist was sentenced to seven years in federal prison after being convicted at trial of collecting more than $1.7 million through false claims he submitted to insurance companies for a drug that he never dispensed and stealing the identities of unsuspecting pharmacy customers to make that money, which he used to finance a…
Ca: Health minister mulls amendments in wake of Medicentres breach
Mariam Ibrahim reports: Health Minister Fred Horne said Tuesday he is in the process of considering amendments to provincial legislation in the wake of Alberta’s largest privacy breach, that saw the health information of 620,000 Medicentres patients lost. […] “I am in the process now of considering amendments to the Health Information Act. I’ve always…
Commentary: Doctor storing credit card info is a prescription for cybercrime
I was somewhat surprised – and disappointed – to see how a question on Kaiser Health News was answered. Michelle Andrews writes: Q. After signing up for a gold level plan on the health insurance marketplace, my physician, who is part of my plan, asked for $75 up front. My copayment is $25. His office…
Memphis VA breach due to armed robbery
Well, I finally got more information on this breach involving the Memphis VA Medical Center. The Department of Veterans Affairs sent me their report on the incident, which occurred on December 1, when a Resident was the victim of an armed robbery in the VA Medical Center west parking lot. In the Resident’s possession at the…
KS: Doctor's X-ray postings unsettling
Tim Carpenter reports: U.S. Senate candidate Milton Wolf posted a collection of gruesome X-ray images of gunshot fatalities and medical injuries to his Facebook page and participated in online commentary layered with macabre jokes and descriptions of carnage. Wolf, a Johnson County radiologist anchoring a campaign for the Republican nomination with calls for federal heath…