Health Data Breach Tracker/OR

Business Associate · Archived

Regence BlueShield Washington

684 individuals · submitted August 21, 2019

About this report

Regence BlueShield of Washington, the covered entity (CE), reported that its business associate (BA) sent the Social Security numbers of 684 individuals to the wrong recipients. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided complimentary credit monitoring services. In its mitigation efforts, the BA implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards and retrained its staff.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Regence BlueShield Washington
State
OR
Entity type
Business Associate
Individuals affected
684
Submission date
August 21, 2019
Breach type
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information
Paper/Films
Business associate present
Yes
OCR status
Archived

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