Ex-Nuance IT Worker Faces More Charges in Geisinger Breach
Quick Summary:
A former Nuance Communications insider is facing additional federal charges in a criminal case alleging he downloaded and stored on a personal external hard drive more than one million patient records of Geisinger Health two days after he was terminated from his job in 2023. In a superseding indictment filed recently in a Pennsylvania federal court, prosecutors charged Max Vance, who is also known as Andre Burk, with two counts of making false statements to FBI agents. The new indictment alleges Vance lied to FBI...
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Key Takeaways
- The Nuance-Geisinger incident offers important lessons for other health sector entities and their IT vendors.
- Rose emphasized"It underscores that both covered entities and business associates need to conduct thorough background checks and have adequate technical, administrative, and physical safeguards, as well as an adequate and effective compliance program.
- ” Rose also stressed that employees who leave a company must honor their ongoing confidentiality obligations, and employers should have formal offboarding procedures in place.
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