NY-AG v. EmblemHealth

EmblemHealth allegedly had a mailing error that resulted in 81,122 social security numbers being disclosed on a mailing, according to NY-AG. In connection with its 2016 EOC Mailing, EmblemHealth appears to have failed to comply with many of the standards and procedural specifications as required by HIPAA. Printing an individual's social security number on “a postcard or other mailer not requiring an envelope, or visible on the envelope, or without the envelope having been opened” also appears to violate New York General Business Law § 399-ddd(2)(e), according to NY-AG.

Summary generated from official New York Attorney General press release