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Nicole Lewis, InformationWeek
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Data Theft Costs Tennessee Blue Cross Big Bucks

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee agrees to pay $1.5 million to settle case involving theft of 57 unencrypted hard drives that contained protected health information.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee (BCBST) will have to fork over $1.5 million to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to settle potential violations stemming from the theft of 57 unencrypted computer hard drives that contained protected health information (PHI) of over 1 million individuals. The hard drives were stolen from a leased facility in Tennessee.

According to a Blue Cross Blue Shield statement released Tuesday, the settlement covers the 2009 theft of the hard drives from a data storage closet at a former BlueCross call center located in Chattanooga. The hard drives contained audio and video recordings related to customer service telephone calls from providers and members, and included personal information such as member names, social security numbers, diagnosis codes, dates of birth, and health plan identification numbers. To date, there is no indication of any misuse of personal data from the stolen hard drives.

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