Centers Plan for Healthy Living (NY Health Plan) reported to HHS on 2016-03-03 a Theft affecting 6,893 individuals. An unencrypted laptop was stolen from the CE's corporate offices; ePHI included names, addresses, dates of birth, and Medicare/Medicaid numbers. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and media. Remediation included encrypting all laptops, revising encryption policies, retraining staff, and replacing its cleaning service vendor. OCR obtained corrective action assurances.
Affected (this filing): 6,893