Post Bulletin: Franken wants laptops with medical info encrypted
U.S. Sen. Al Franken says he plans to pursue legislation requiring encryption of all laptops containing private medical information, after holding a hearing Wednesday on aggressive debt collection practices in Minnesota hospitals.
The hearing in St. Paul featured harrowing stories from patients who were asked to pay while waiting for treatment and apologies from executives from Minneapolis-based Fairview Health Services and Chicago-based Accretive Health Inc.
Franken is following up on Attorney General Lori Swanson’s lawsuit against Accretive, which accuses the company of breaking health privacy, debt collection and consumer protection laws.
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