Federal Agency Warns Thousands of Medicare Recipients May Have Had Data Stolen

Federal Agency Warns Thousands of Medicare Recipients May Have Had Data Stolen
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Jack Phillips
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The federal agency that manages Medicare warned that a subcontractor suffered a data breach that might involve “beneficiaries’ personally identifiable information” or “protected health information.”

In a statement issued on Wednesday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that a federal subcontractor, Healthcare Management Solutions, suffered the breach. No CMS systems were impacted and no data around Medicare claims were involved.

Jack Phillips
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