Connecticut Attorney General (AG) Richard Blumenthal announced that he is suing Health Net of Connecticut for a data breach resulting in the exposure of patient medical records and financial records of 446,000 Connecticut enrollees, which were allegedly stored on an unecrypted portable computer disk drive that disappeared from the company’s office in Shelton, Conn on or about May 14, 2009.

This case will mark the first action by a state general involving violations of HIPAA since the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, which authorizes state attorneys general to enforce HIPAA.

For more information about this data breach, click here for the complete story on HealthImaging.com.

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