Centegra Health System

The covered entity (CE), Centegra Health, reported that its business associate (BA) MedAssets accidentally mailed billing statements to the wrong recipients. This breach affected 2,929 individuals. The protected health information (PHI) involved included names, addresses, and claims information. The CE offered free credit monitoring services to all affected individuals. Following this breach incident, the BA implemented additional technical safeguards to better safeguard its PHI. The BA also revised its policies and procedures and retrained its staff. OCR obtained assurances that the BA implemented the corrective actions noted above.