tci Part B Insider - 2013 Issue 14
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A North Carolina hospice is notifying patients of a possible HIPAA breach, and for once stolen laptops aren’t to blame. Due to a Feb. 24 break-in at its office in Burlington, N.C., Hospice & Palliative Care Center of Alamance-Caswell did suffer stolen laptops. However, the data on the laptops was all encrypted for security, reports The Times-News newspaper. Instead, the hospice had to notify about 5,370 past hospice and LifePath Home Health patients that personal health information in paper medical and billing records could have been compromised by two intruders. The two 19-year-olds charged with the...
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