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10,000 affected by breach in LMH’s online bill service By Karrey Britt kbritt@ljworld.com
Financial information of about 10,000 people may have been posted online during a security breach by Lawrence Memorial Hospital’s online patient bill pay services. LMH reported Friday that information maintained by its vendor Mid Continent Credit Services was inadvertently publicly available on
the Internet between Sept. 20 and Oct. 28. This information may have been available:
Patient name, phone number, e-mail address, health care provider, payment amount and date of payment.
Credit card information, including the type of card, name and address of the card holder, the account number, the verification number and the expiration date.
Checking account information, including the check number, the account holder name and address, the checking account number and bank routing number, and the bank name and address. Janice Early, LMH director of community relations, said the in-
formation did not include medical records and was not released by the hospital. The security breach affects people who used the online bill pay service on the hospital’s website — lmh.org — which asks for either credit card information or bank account information. It does not affect people who paid for bills through their bank, by mail or phone. People use the online bill
pay service not only for hospital bills, but to pay physicians groups and health fairs, Early said. The online pill bay service is currently unavailable. “We are in the process of arranging for a new online payment system with a new vendor. We hope that it can be available within a week,” Early said. Please see SECURITY, page 2A
Debate on tax cuts, spending intensifying
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By Scott Rothschild srothschild@ljworld.com
TOP: MUSICIANS FROM AMERICAN MUSIC ACADEMY and the Mongolian band AnDa Union join together in a song during a jam session Friday night at Ingredient restaurant, 945 Mass. AnDa Union will perform tonight at the Lied Center. LEFT: AnDa Union member Saikhannakhaa performs Friday at the restaurant. AnDa Union combine different traditions and styles of music from all across Mongolia. Watch the video of Friday night’s performance at LJWorld.com
Photos by Mike Yoder
SINGER TSETSEGMAA, A MEMBER OF ANDA UNION, PERFORMS with the Mongolian band Friday night at Ingredient, 945 Mass. AnDa Union will perform tonight at the Lied Center.
TOPEKA — The debate over state spending and taxes intensified Friday as financial experts released new revenue forecasts for Gov. Sam Brownback and the Legislature to use in forming a budget for the next fiscal year. State revenue estimators signalled cautious optimism for the economic road ahead, revising upward by $200 million the expected revenue in the current fiscal year from about $6 billion to $6.2 billion. Slow growth is expected to continue in the next fiscal year, bringing the state $6.3 billion in receipts. “Overall, the economic outlook assumes continued growth in the Kansas economy,” said Alan Conroy, director of the Kansas Legislative Research Department. Gov. Sam Brownback’s budget director, Steve Anderson, sounded a more cautious tone, saying Gov. Sam that nearly half of economists are Brownback has warning of a possible “double- said he wants to reduce the state dip” recession. “The real issue is we still have income tax and so much uncertainty,” Anderson his administrasaid. tion is working But in recent months, state cof- behind closed fers have received healthy hikes doors to propose in revenue based on increased receipts of personal income tax and a major tax overhaul for the sales tax, officials said. At the current pace, the state 2012 legislative will have an ending balance on session. June 30, 2012, of nearly $320 million — a far cry from the nearly zero ending balance of a year ago. Brownback issued a statement on the new revenue figures, saying, “The latest revenue projections show the power of economic growth and controlling spending. It proves the long-term solution for our state involves more jobs and limited government.” Please see DEBATE, page 2A
Major road work, intersection expansions slated for Iowa Street By Mark Fagan mfagan@ljworld.com
Rebuilding a busy stretch of Iowa Street and expanding two of its major intersections in the coming years will cost millions of dollars and cause plenty of traffic delays, officials acknowledge. But they’re looking forward to the payoff down the road. “Things will move better,” said Chuck Soules, the city’s director of public works.
Two projects — one announced Friday, and another to have its schedule determined next week — will be expected to affect travel for more than 60,000 vehicles per day, both by causing delays during construction but easing flow once it’s done. The projects:
Adding various turn lanes at the intersection of Iowa and 15th Street/Bob Billings Parkway, part of a larger $6 million reconstruction of Iowa from Harvard Road to
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already the busiest the Irving Hill Road overpass scheduled in town, with about for 2013. Tuesday 60,000 vehicles per night, Lawrence city day — to provide commissioners will dual left-turn lanes discuss a recommenin all directions. The Kansas Department dation to close 15th CITY Street/Bob Billings of Transportation at Iowa Street for the COMMISSION announced Friday summer of 2013, for that it would invest reconstruction. $500,000 in the estimated $1.5
Adding additional left- million project, expected for turn lanes along 23rd Street construction in 2013 or 2014. and Clinton Parkway at Both projects will be exIowa, a project that would pected to do more than ease expand the intersection — traffic flow, as engineers en-
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vision changes to reduce the frequency of accidents at several trouble spots. Widening Iowa Street from Yale to Irving Hill, for example, will add a center turn lane north of 15th — virtually eliminating rear-end accidents now considered commonplace involving vehicles waiting to turn left onto University Drive and Stratford Road, said David Woosley, the city’s traffic engineer. “That should make a big difference,” he said.
And the project on 23rd Street will reconfigure the free-flowing right turn for westbound traffic turning north on Iowa, at the corner that is home to Freddy’s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers. The goal will be to eliminate the ongoing conflicts caused by traffic merging along Iowa, in which cars accelerating to go north mix in with vehicles slowing down to enter the shopping center. “We had 26 crashes there Please see IOWA, page 2A
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