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 Dec. 19, 2023.
- Organization as reported
- BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, Inc., TN
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Dec. 19, 2023
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10263, row:1402)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, reported that a vendor of its business associate (BA) experienced a cyber-attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 1,676 individuals. The PHI involved included names, birthdates, claims and financial information, and health insurance and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media.