Holly Fletcher reports: TRH Health Plan, a not-for-profit service company of Farm Bureau, has contacted some members about information that was inappropriately used by BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, an administrative partner with the health plan. “They have the right to have (the information), but didn’t have the right to use for marketing,” said Ryan Brown,…
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You can do everything right, but still incur penalties – lessons learned from BCBS of Tennessee
Deborah Johnson Pyles writes: One of the lessons from the recent settlement agreement entered into by Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Tennessee with the Department of Health and Human Services is that doing everything right may not be enough. The settlement concerned alleged violations of Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act privacy and security laws arising…
BCBS of Tennessee provides update on breach involving stolen hard drives
Approximately one year after the theft of 57 hard drives containing member data from a leased facility in Chattanooga, BlueCross Blue Shield of Tennessee provided an update on the breach to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office. BCBS had assigned the affected individuals to one of three “tiers.” Tier 1 included those whose Social Security…
BCBS of Tennessee still notifying individuals of breach
Almost six months after the theft of 57 hard drives from their Chattanooga facility, BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee is still in the process of notifying individuals of the breach, according to an update to the new Hampshire Attorney General’s Office dated March 31 (pdf). Update: Note that as of this month, the number of individuals…
Update: BCBS of Tennessee to start sending notifications
John Commins updates us on the Tennessee BlueCross BlueShield breach: BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee is readying a Nov. 30 mass mailing to some of its 3.1 million customers in the Volunteer State who may have had their Social Security numbers and other private data compromised after an Oct. 2 hard drive theft at a remote…
HHS settles HIPAA case with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee for $1.5 million following theft of 57 computer drives
From HHS: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee (BCBST) has agreed to pay the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) $1,500,000 to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy and Security Rules, Leon Rodriguez, Director of the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR), announced today. BCBST…