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Health Insurer Excellus Inks $5.1M Data-breach Settlement

Excellus Health Plan has agreed to pay $5.1 million to settle an investigation by the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights investigation into potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act’s privacy and security rules. So reports HIPAA Journal.

dollar 3706548 640 smallThe settlement stems from a 2015 data breach involving more than 9.3 million people.

Excellus Health Plan, doing business as Excellus BlueCross BlueShield and Univera Healthcare, did not admit or deny wrongdoing.

Read the full article from the HIPAA Journal.

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