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Medicare Advantage False Claims Act Case: Sutter Health and Palo Alto Medical Foundation

Keller Grover LLP represents Kathy Ormsby in a Medicare Advantage False Claims Act case originally filed in 2015 and now pending in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, United States ex rel. Kathy Ormsby v. Sutter Health and Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Case No. cv-15-1062 (JD). Ormsby alleges in her complaint that her former employer, Sutter Health and its affiliate PAMF, defrauded the government as part of its Medicare Part C program, known as Medicare … [Read more...]

Data Breach Lawsuit Rulings Let Victims Sue Before They Suffer Fraud

Malware attacks are in the news a lot these days. In some cases, hackers hold victims’ computers hostage in exchange for ransom. In other cases, they quietly install malware on a computer and then use it to siphon away a victim’s private information. It’s only gotten worse now that the hackers have learned that the big prizes are tucked away inside corporate networks, not individual PCs. One corporate hack can compromise the personally identifiable information (PII) of thousands of employees … [Read more...]

Data Breach Class Action Investigation: Sunrun and eHealth W-2 Breaches

Keller Grover LLP is investigating potential data breach class action claims arising from data breaches involving Sunrun Inc. and eHealthInsurance Services, Inc. According to data breach notifications recently sent to affected employees, Sunrun and eHealth both were the victim of recent email spoofing attacks wherein Sunrun and eHealth employees turned over copies of 2016 employee W-2 forms to cyber criminals. An IRS Tax Form W-2 includes the following highly sensitive information: (1) employee … [Read more...]

Medical Data Breach Investigation: Quest Diagnostics

Keller Grover LLP is investigating a medical data breach involving Quest Diagnostics. According to a data breach notification recently sent to affected patients, an unauthorized third party accessed the MyQuest by Care360® internet application and obtained Protected Health Information, including names, dates of birth and lab results. Negligent release and disclosure of personal and medical information is unlawful under certain circumstances in California. If you have been affected by a … [Read more...]

Medical Data Breach Investigation: 21st Century Oncology

Keller Grover LLP is investigating a medical data breach involving 21st Century Oncology. According to a data breach notification recently sent to affected patients, an unauthorized person may have accessed and obtained patient information from a 21st Century Oncology database in October 2015. The patient information included patient names, Social Security numbers, physicians’ names, diagnosis and treatment information, and insurance information. Negligent release and disclosure of personal … [Read more...]