Health Data Breach Tracker/MI

Business Associate · Archived

Benefit Outsourcing Solutions

1,144 individuals · submitted June 7, 2018

About this report

Benefit Outsourcing Solutions, the business associate (BA), reported that one of its employees mistakenly uploaded files containing the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 1,144 individuals to the web portal of its vendor. The ePHI involved included names and Social Security numbers. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its ePHI. Staff were also re-trained. OCR obtained assurances that the BA implemented the corrective actions noted.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Benefit Outsourcing Solutions
State
MI
Entity type
Business Associate
Individuals affected
1,144
Submission date
June 7, 2018
Breach type
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information
Network Server
Business associate present
Yes
OCR status
Archived

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