Health Plan · Archived
Western Health Advantage
869 individuals · submitted December 13, 2019
About this report
Cognizant TriZetto Software Group, Inc., a business associate (BA) of Western Health Advantage, experienced a communication error while performing routine maintenance on its servers which allowed another covered entity to inadvertently download the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 869 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, birthdates, addresses, diagnoses, clinical information, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the BA implemented additional technical safeguards to better protect its ePHI.
Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.
- Organization
- Western Health Advantage
- State
- CA
- Entity type
- Health Plan
- Individuals affected
- 869
- Submission date
- December 13, 2019
- Breach type
- Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information
- Network Server
- Business associate present
- Yes
- OCR status
- Archived
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