The covered entity (CE), WellMed Medical Management, reported that an employee and a former employee impermissibly accessed the protected health information (PHI) of 10,506 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, lab results, medications, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards, The CE also sanctioned the workforce member involved in the breach and retrained all employees to better protect its PHI.
