Health Data Breach Tracker/FL

Health Plan · Archived

Prestige Health Choice

4,665 individuals · submitted December 13, 2019

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Prestige Health Choice, reported that an employee impermissibly downloaded the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 4,665 individuals to a personal hard drive. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, treatment information, and health insurance information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. The CE also provided complimentary credit monitoring service to affected individuals. In response to the breach, the CE sanctioned the responsible employee and enhanced its security safeguards. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Prestige Health Choice
State
FL
Entity type
Health Plan
Individuals affected
4,665
Submission date
December 13, 2019
Breach type
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information
Other Portable Electronic Device
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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