68,000 CalOptima Members at Risk in Data Breach

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“ CalOptima's claims scanning vendor sent the electronic media devices to CalOptima through the U.S. Postal service by certified mail. ”

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As many as 68,000 members of CalOptima, the Medicaid plan for Orange County, California, may be at risk of identity theft and fraud after several CDs containing their personal information disappeared while in transit, the agency reported. (Read Full Article)

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On 10/29/09 123Laer said:

"This matter has been successfully resolved. From the healthcare blog at the Orange County Register:

Lost personal information of Medi-Cal members is found
October 29th, 2009, 6:00 am by Courtney Perkes

CalOptima, the county’s Medi-Cal provider, has found lost electronic claims records that contain identifying information belonging to as many as 68,000 members.

Discs of data were lost two weeks ago after being sent certified mail by CalOptima’s scanning vendor. When only the packaging arrived, but not the box with the discs, CalOptima notified the state. On Wednesday, the U.S. Postal Service located the discs in Atlanta, said Margaret Tatar, director of public affairs.

The discs were not password protected, but it appears no one accessed the confidential information, Tatar said.

CalOptima had planned to send letters notifying members of the lost information and offering them credit monitoring services. Anyone with questions should call 800-509-4225 or visit www.caloptima.org

The medical record data for adults and children included names, addresses, birthdays and some Social Security numbers.
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On 11/10/09 Derek Beckwith said:

"Thank you for the update "123Laer." To our readers, the note from "123Laer" was placed by a user from a public relations firm in California working for Medi-Cal. Whether the situation is successfully resolved will ultimately depend on whether or not anyone's identity is stolen as a result of the lost data -- something that can take many months to determine."