Business Associate · Archived
Aetna Inc.
18,854 individuals · submitted November 28, 2016
About this report
The covered entity (CE), Aetna, reported that a compact disk (CD) containing the protected health information (PHI) of 18,854 individuals and the password to access the CD were lost when mailed to another office. The types of missing PHI included members’ names, dates of birth, and addresses. OCR reviewed the CE’s policies and procedures on uses and disclosure of PHI, safeguarding PHI, minimum necessary, and its business associate agreements. Following the breach, the CE invested in electronic information storage, ceased creating and mailing encrypted CDs, and retrained all workforce members on the procedures to protect PHI. OCR obtained assurances that the CE provided breach notification to affected individuals and the media in accordance with the Breach Notification Rule.
Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.
- Organization
- Aetna Inc.
- State
- CT
- Entity type
- Business Associate
- Individuals affected
- 18,854
- Submission date
- November 28, 2016
- Breach type
- Loss
- Location of information
- Other
- Business associate present
- Yes
- OCR status
- Archived
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