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Hospital giant HCA has ten computers stolen
Posted on Aug 20, 2006 by Tom Fragala
Computerworld reports on this.
HCA Inc., a Nashville-based firm that owns and operates approximately 182 hospitals and 94 surgery centers in 22 states, England and Switzerland, said 10 computers were stolen during a break-in at an undisclosed HCA regional office.
HCA said in a statement that the computers held thousands of files listing unpaid bills from Medicare and Medicaid patients for hospitals in eight states. The records were required for government reports, according to HCA. The data also included some patient Social Security numbers, and in a small number of cases, codes used by the government to identify patient groups.
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