Health Plan · Archived
Community Health Plan of Washington
1,375 individuals · submitted January 3, 2017
About this report
On January 3, 2017, the covered entity (CE) reported that on November 3, 2016, Summit Reinsurance, a business associate (BA), indicated it discovered ransomware on one of its computer servers. The breach affected approximately 1,375 individuals’ protected health information (PHI) and included patients’ names, addresses, dates of birth, provider names, and health insurance claim information. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media, and also provided free credit monitoring. The CE revised its policies and procedures related to the nature of the breach. OCR provided substantial technical assistance to the CE and obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted above.
Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.
- Organization
- Community Health Plan of Washington
- State
- WA
- Entity type
- Health Plan
- Individuals affected
- 1,375
- Submission date
- January 3, 2017
- Breach type
- Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information
- Network Server
- Business associate present
- No
- OCR status
- Archived
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