Beazley breach insights – August 2019
Speculation that the Office for Civil Rights (OCR), the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) enforcer, may be less active under the current…
Nearly a Third of Healthcare Employees Never Received Cybersecurity Training
A new report from Kaspersky finds employees of healthcare organizations in the U.S. and Canada are lacking cybersecurity education and awareness in three main areas…
NC nurse charged with kidnapping woman, sex offense
A man employed as a nurse at a North Carolina hospital was arrested on the hospital campus August 16 and is facing sex offense and…
PHI Exposed in Phishing Attacks on Michigan Medicine and Virginia Gay Hospital
Approximately 5,500 patients of Michigan Medicine are being notified that some of their protected health information has been exposed in a recent phishing attack.
Fourth Manhattan Doctor Pleads Guilty to Accepting Bribes and Kickbacks from Pharmaceutical Company
Jeffrey Goldstein, 49, a doctor who practiced in Manhattan, pled guilty to conspiracy to violate the Anti-Kickback Statute, in connection with a scheme to prescribe…
Patient falls, abuse cited in CT nursing home violations
Three nursing homes have been fined by the state Department of Public Health (DPH) for violations that occurred in 2017 and last year.
New Jersey nursing assistant charged in death of nursing home patient
A certified nursing assistant from Bloomfield faces a reckless manslaughter charge after she allegedly lied about an injury to an 85-year-old nursing home patient that…
Kansas nursing home employee sentenced for stealing $10K in rings from patient
A certified nursing assistant who pleaded guilty to stealing nearly $10,000 in jewelry from a 99-year-old dementia patient while she slept at an Overland Park…
North Carolina nursing home aide pinched, ‘smacked’ disabled patients
An Asheville nursing home aide pinched and struck patients in the face, according to arrest records.
Elder Caregiver Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison for Defrauding 92-Year-Old
Tucson, Arizona – On August 14, 2019, U.S. District Court Judge Rosemary Márquez sentenced Margaret Gastelum to 30 months in prison for defrauding a 92-year-old…