Health Data Breach Tracker/IA

Business Associate · Archived

VGM Homelink

1,400 individuals · submitted April 18, 2014

About this report

A business associate (BA), Tri State Adjustments, of the covered entity (CE), VGM Homelink, committed a programing error which resulted in individuals receiving the wrong billing statements. This breach affected approximately 1,400 individuals and included patients’ names, addresses, insurance information, and the medical equipment provided to them. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media, and placed a notification about the breach on its website. The CE required its BA to implement new safeguards to prevent a similar breach from occurring. As a result of OCR’s investigation, the CE had its BA update its policy and procedures for Breach Rule notification.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
VGM Homelink
State
IA
Entity type
Business Associate
Individuals affected
1,400
Submission date
April 18, 2014
Breach type
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information
Paper/Films
Business associate present
Yes
OCR status
Archived

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