Tenet notifies patients that their credit may be at risk after breach
HIPAA Weekly Advisor, February 25, 2008
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Tenet Healthcare Corp has notified 40,000 patients that they should monitor their credit information and watch for credit fraud, according to a February 14 article in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.
In November 2007, police arrested Tenet employee Terrance Brooks, who worked in the company's billing office, for attempting to open a credit card with fraudulent information, according to the article. At the time of the arrest, the employee, who has since been fired, had information on 90 patients in his possession. However, as a member of Tenet's staff, Brooks had access to 40,000 patient accounts.
Tenet called each of the 90 patients whose information Brooks stole to notify them of the breach. However, the corporation sent letters to the other 40,000 patients whose information Brooks may also have accessed that were dated as late as January 30, according to the Sun-Sentinel.
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