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CA: Pacific Hospital Self-Reported Employee Fraud, Still Fined $225k
From: kirniki <kirniki () gmail com>
Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 21:59:56 -0500
http://www.lbpost.com/news/ryan/10700 The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) on Friday levied a $225,000 fine against Pacific Hospital of Long Beach, alleging that the facility "failed to prevent unauthorized access" after an employee obtained patients' personal information - including names and social security numbers - and used it to open fraudulent telephone service accounts in late 2009. An official report of findings by the CDPH indicates that Pacific Hospital self-reported the violation and terminated the employee, working closely with local law enforcement. Police arrested the healthcare worker - a female telemetry technician/unit clerk in the Medical/Surgical unit - on November 5, 2009. The CDPH began their investigation the following day. [..]
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