GAHHS OCRFirst filing
Filed Oct 2, 2013bd_826bf1e8c0d440d7
TSYS Employee Health Plan (GA) reported to HHS on 2013-10-02 a Theft/misappropriation breach affecting 5,232 beneficiaries. An employee of business associate Paragon Benefits, Inc. misappropriated a digital file containing PHI stored via email. The CE terminated its BA contract and obtained assurances of additional security measures. OCR confirmed an effective BA agreement was in place. Affected individuals received identity theft protection and credit monitoring.
Affected (this filing): 5,232
HHS notified