Health Data Breach Tracker/TN

Health Plan · Archived

Cigna-HealthSpring

862 individuals · submitted April 2, 2015

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Cigna-HealthSpring, discovered that on January 30, 2015, an employee accidently mislabeled envelopes containing health risk assessment surveys which were mailed to 862 patients. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE created new procedures for mailings and provided training to staff members. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed above.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Cigna-HealthSpring
State
TN
Entity type
Health Plan
Individuals affected
862
Submission date
April 2, 2015
Breach type
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information
Paper/Films
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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