ILHHS OCRFirst filing
Filed Dec 6, 2013bd_20ba63d9d7bae321
Quality Health Claims Consultants, LLC (a Business Associate in IL) reported to HHS OCR on 2013-12-06 a breach affecting 1,573 individuals. The BA mailed letters requesting documents containing identifying information; an erroneous fax number listing caused clients to fax their information to the wrong number. PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, and social security numbers. Breached information was located on Email/fax. Post-breach, the incorrect faxes were confirmed destroyed and company literature was standardized to require manual data entry.
Affected (this filing): 1,573
HHS notified