I’ve been meaning to comment on media coverage of the breach involving The Surgeons of Lake County. While I’m glad my blog entry was able to bring it to the mainstream media’s attention, I was concerned to see some sites and professionals I respect treat it as either a novel crime or as part of…
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Ah, less-than-sweet mysteries of life: when you can’t figure out if or how you were breached
How frustrating for everyone: St. Agnes Hospital in Baltimore learned that 40 of its physicians had become victims of ID theft. Hapless victims had their names and Social Security numbers used to create wireless telephone accounts that they knew nothing about until they started receiving overdue notices from creditors. But despite its best efforts to…
HHS updates breach tool (update 3)
HHS added 10 incidents to its breach tool in its most recent update. Somewhat depressingly, five of the incidents involved the theft of unencrypted laptops. In terms of newly revealed details on known incidents, the University of Miami reported that it had notified 64, 846 patients of the insider breach involving theft and possible sale of…
Hearing scheduled in Sutter data breach class action
Kathy Roberton reports: A hearing is scheduled in Sacramento on Sept. 27 on a class action against Sutter Health over last year’s theft of a personal computer that held data on 4.24 million patients. Twelve lawsuits filed over the incident have been coordinated in Sacramento County Superior Court. Read more on Sacramento Business Journal. The Sutter Health…
Massachusetts Eye and Ear responds to $1.5 million fine
In response to yesterday’s announcement that Massachusetts Eye and Ear would pay a $1.5 million fine and enter into a corrective action plan, MEE issued the following statement: “The review of Mass. Eye and Ear by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) was triggered by the hospital’s proactive self-reporting of a doctor’s…
Massachusetts provider settles HIPAA case for $1.5 million
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and Massachusetts Eye and Ear Associates Inc. (collectively referred to as “MEEI”) has agreed to pay the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) $1.5 million to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Security Rule. MEEI also agreed to take corrective…