Anthem, Inc. (Health Plan, IN) reported to HHS on 2017-07-24 an Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 18,580 individuals. LaunchPoint Ventures, LLC, a business associate, reported that an employee impermissibly emailed PHI — including names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, health insurance and treatment information — to his personal email account for identity theft purposes. LaunchPoint offered identity theft protection services, sanctioned the employee, retrained staff, and implemented additional administrative safeguards. OCR obtained assurances of corrective action.
Affected (this filing): 18,580