Med Center Health Data Breach (2014)

A federal agency is investigating a breach of confidential information from 160,000 patients at certain Med Center Health facilities. Irregularities were discovered during a January internal investigation, and the information was then given to law enforcement officials, who discovered the apparent breaches happened August 2014 and February 2015, according to a news release from Med Center Health. What is being said is that Med Center Health determined a former employee obtained certain billing information by creating the appearance that he or she needed the information to carry out their job duties. The patient information was on an encrypted CD and encrypted USB drive and included names, addresses, Social Security numbers, health insurance information, codes for diagnoses and procedures and charges for medical services.