Posts Tagged ‘Credit Monitoring’

Medical information for 10,000 compromised after two breaches

Medical information for 10,000 compromised after two breaches. SSN, birth date, immunization records. Stolen laptop and stolen flash drive.

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New power for AG’s: Civil action for HITECH/HIPAA.

Two Data Security Breaches Give State Attorneys General a Chance to Exercise Their New HIPAA Powers. State AG's now have the authority to investigate and levy fines for HIPAA/HITECH.

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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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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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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

Stolen laptop may contain provider info

10,000 providers' social security numbers may have been on a stolen laptop from Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield. Free credit monitoring is being offered.

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CD with patient info goes missing

Data on 68,000 members may have been compromised at CalOptima. Patient data was on a set of unencrypted CDs that were lost in the mail. They plan to offer credit monitoring for those effected....It's not just the loss of patient information that gets healthcare organizations in the news, it can also be employee information.

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1,700 at Pitt County possibly compromised

USB flashdrive used to move patient data between different computer systems is missing.

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