Health Data Breach Tracker/CA

Business Associate · Archived

Blue Shield of California

1,632 individuals · submitted June 6, 2025

About this report

PIMS Transaction Number: 25-625191 Covered Entity: Blue Shield of California The Covered Entity (CE), Blue Shield of California, reported that on April 4, 2025, its Electronic Health Record (EHR) team identified an erroneous data merge within the application used to support the Member Health Record (MHR) feature available through the member portal. As a result of this merge, certain members may have been able to access and affected the protected health information (PHI) of 1,632 individuals. The ePHI involved included demographic, financial, and treatment information. OCR provided the Covered Entity with technical assistance. In response to the incident and OCR’s investigation, the CE implemented additional technical safeguards to protect PHI.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Blue Shield of California
State
CA
Entity type
Business Associate
Individuals affected
1,632
Submission date
June 6, 2025
Breach type
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information
Other
Business associate present
Yes
OCR status
Archived

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