Archive for November, 2009

Medical data for 6,400 on stolen laptop

Milwaukee hospital is warning thousands of patients that personal information may have been stolen.

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16 employees fired after patient privacy breach

16 employees fired at Harris County Hospital due to HIPAA violations

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80,000 mailers with SSN on outside

Universal American Insurance. 80,000 mailers sent to clients around the country. Cause was a printing error. Free credit monitoring offered to those affected.

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Unencrypted laptop stolen at GMH

Laptop stolen at Guam Memorial Hospital. Laptop stolen from locked office. 2,000 records of employee information stored unencrypted including dates of physical exams, TB and Hepatitis status.

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Business associates and HIPAA

Companies that do business with healthcare providers, including accounting firms and offshore transcription vendors, are unprepared to meet data breach obligations included in new federal regulation, according to a survey released Tuesday....

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FBI investigating UMC

At least one employee leaked names, dates of birth and social security numbers. Data potentially sold to "ambulance-chasing" attorneys to harvest clients. FBI evaluating release of confidential patient records. 21 "face sheets" obtained from a source, relating to patients injured in traffic accidents. Nurses potentially on the payroll of attorneys.

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Politics, health plans, HIPAA

Health plans could face stiff penalties under HIPAA if they use enrollment information to contact members without their permission and urge them to join grassroots advocacy campaigns or take a stance on a political issue.

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Health Net : 1.5 million records

Security breach may have affected 1.5 million patient records

• California based Health Net
• Lost an external hard drive six months ago that was not encrypted
• Patient records from multiple states include New York, Connecticut, Arizona and New Jersey.
• Attorney General is investigating, including the time it took to report the incident
• Free credit monitoring for two years will be offered to those effected

Full article: Health Net healthcare data breach affects1.5 million