Data breach at pain clinic affects almost 900,000 people
Editor's Note
Phoenix-based Valley Anesthesiology and Pain Consultants sent notices to nearly 900,000 individuals, including patients, current and former employees, and providers, of a data breach after an unauthorized third party may have gained access to its computer systems in March, the August 15 Becker’s Health IT & CIO Review reports.
Information that may have been compromised includes:
- names of patients, providers, and health insurers
- places of treatment and treatment codes
- insurance ID numbers
- Social Security numbers.
The pain clinic learned of the potential breach in June and hired a forensics firm to investigate the incident and notified law enforcement.
An anesthesiology and pain clinic in Arizona is notifying patients and all current and former employees and providers that a third party may have gained unauthorized access to its computer systems. Phoenix-based Valley Anesthesiology and Pain Consultants sent notices to approximately 882,590 individuals who may be affected by the security incident.
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