Ex-Contractor For Contra Costa County Health Plan Who Was Indicted For Fraud Has Hundreds Of Members’ Records
The contractor, Sonja Emery, was indicted in April in Michigan’s Eastern District Court on 11 felony counts of mail fraud, wire fraud, engaging in a corrupt endeavor to obstruct the IRS and tax evasion. The health plan is offering free credit monitoring and identity theft services to members whose information was accessed.
East Bay Times:
Contra Costa Health Plan Warns Of Possible Security Breach
Contra Costa County health officials are urging members of the county’s health plan to beware after learning that a former contractor indicted for fraud had access to hundreds of members’ records. In May, officials at the Contra Costa County Health Plan discovered that a contractor hired in 2014 to provide management assistance and consulting had falsified her identity to get the job, according to the county health department. A forensic audit conducted since then found that she had access to sensitive information about 862 members, but a spokeswoman for the health department said Thursday no evidence has yet been uncovered to indicate the contractor disclosed or used members’ information in an improper way. (Sciacca, 12/13)
In other news from across the state —
Orange County Register:
StubHub Center To Be Renamed Dignity Health Sports Park
AEG announced a partnership with Dignity Health that includes the naming rights to the StubHub Center, home of the Galaxy and Chargers. The partnership is a multi-year agreement. Effective Jan. 1, StubHub Center will be renamed Dignity Health Sports Park. Dignity Health will be the official health-care partner of the Galaxy. Dignity Health, with its headquarters in San Francisco, is one of the nation’s largest health-care systems. (Calhoun, 12/13)
Ventura County Star:
New York Man To Head Reorganized County Health Care Agency
A New York administrator has been named director of the Ventura County Health Care Agency in a reorganization announced this week by county officials.William “Bill” Foley, who oversees 11 acute-care hospitals in New York, replaces Johnson Gill as head of the county agency that provides health care through a network of hospitals, clinics and other programs. Gill is moving to a newly created position of administrator of ambulatory care and population health, areas he is “ideally suited” to manage, County Executive Officer Mike Powers said. (Wilson, 12/12)