Страховая Partnership HealthPlan сообщила о утечке личных данных 1526 членов

FAIRFIELD — Partnership HealthPlan of California recently experienced a privacy incident that affected the personal information of a portion of its members. Partnership notified 1,526 affected members and is providing this notice in accordance with applicable law. Some members received new member welcome packets, which were mailed between May and July, containing information belonging to other members. Upon discovery, Partnership immediately investigated, secured the affected systems/records, and determined which members were impacted. The information involved in this breach included name, date of birth, and member identification number. The incident did not include Social Security numbers, driver's license numbers, addresses, treatment, diagnoses, or financial account information. Partnership has since strengthened its mailing and privacy safeguards, increased vendor oversight, provided additional workforce training, and reported the incident to applicable regulatory agencies as required by law. All impacted members have been notified. Any members who are concerned about the release of personal information are encouraged to monitor their health records to ensure all claims and statements reflect care that was received. Any concerns about inaccurate information reflected in your Partnership member portal or questions about this situation should be reported to Member Services at 1-800-863-4155 (TTY 1-800-735-2929). We are here Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. The call is free. "Protecting the privacy of the members we serve is one of our highest priorities, and we regret any concern this incident may have caused," said Partnership’s Privacy Officer Danielle Ogren. "We have taken immediate steps to investigate and contain this issue and have strengthened our safeguards, so this does not happen again." Partnership is a community-based, safety-net health care organization that contracts with the state to administer Medi-Cal benefits. Partnership provides quality care to about 845,000 Medi-Cal members. Starting in Solano County in 1994, Partnership now serves 24 Northern California counties – Butte, Colusa, Del Norte, Glenn, Humboldt, Lake, Lassen, Marin, Mendocino, Modoc, Napa, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Solano, Sonoma, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Yolo and Yuba.