Health Data Breach Tracker/LA

Health Plan · Archived

Louisiana Healthcare Connections

13,086 individuals · submitted February 2, 2016

About this report

Louisiana Healthcare Connections, the covered entity (CE), reported that a former workforce member downloaded the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 13,086 individuals. The types of ePHI included full names, Medicaid identification numbers and effective dates, dates of birth, phone numbers, and address information. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. It also notified law enforcement. Additionally, the CE implemented improved administrative and technical safeguards, disabled the involved workforce member's account access, revised policies and procedures, and retrained staff. OCR obtained documented assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed above.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Louisiana Healthcare Connections
State
LA
Entity type
Health Plan
Individuals affected
13,086
Submission date
February 2, 2016
Breach type
Theft
Location of information
Other
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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