HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice
Posted on the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal with a submission date of March 5, 2024.
- Organization as reported
- BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, Inc. and Volunteer State Health Plan, Inc. d/b/a BlueCare Plus Tennessee, TN
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- March 5, 2024
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10091, row:1230)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee and Volunteer State Health Plan dba BlueCare Plus Tennessee, reported that it experienced a cyber-attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 1,231 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, claims and financial information, diagnoses, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical and security safeguards.