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Company: Premera Blue Cross
Current Parent Company: Premera Blue Cross
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Penalty: $6,850,000
Year: 2020
Date: September 25, 2020
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: privacy violation
Violation Description: Premera Blue Cross agreed to pay $6.85 million to the Office for Civil Rights and to implement a corrective action plan to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy and Security Rules related to a breach affecting over 10.4 million people.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Health & Human Services Department Office for Civil Rights
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Washington
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: non-profit
Major Industry of Current Parent: healthcare services
Specific Industry of Current Parent: insurance; managed care
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.