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SCAN Health Plan

ArchivedSubmitted 08/22/2016
State
CA
Covered entity type
Health Plan
Individuals affected
87,069
Business associate present
No
Type of breach
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of breached information
Other
First seen by InfoSec Signals
9/23/2026
Last seen in OCR export
9/23/2026

OCR description

Person(s) with electronic account access impermissibly used a sales database containing the protected health information of the covered entity's (CE) prospective and enrolled members. Approximately 87,069 individuals were affected. The electronic PHI (ePHI) involved in the breach included names, addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, social security numbers (of 498 individuals), and sales call notes related to diagnoses/health conditions, medications, and physicians' names. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individual, and the media. Following the breach, the CE implemented procedures to increase the monitoring of the database and enhanced its technical security procedures regarding authentication for database access. OCR’s investigation resulted in the CE enhancing its practices for safeguarding ePHI.

Change history

  • 9/23/2026Added to OCR's archive list

Source: HHS OCR Breach Portal, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights about this source

Records are reproduced as published; entity names and figures are OCR's.

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