Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal filed a lawsuit against Health Net for violating HIPAA requirements. The law suit came about because last month a portable hard drive was lost or stolen from Health Net and it contained the protected ePHI (electronic protected health information) The data on the hard drive included 25 million scanned pages of documents: insurance claim forms, membership forms, grievances, medical records, etc. It also wasnt restricted or protected from access by unauthorized staff. 1/3 of business associates were not aware they need to adhere to the new security and privacy requirements.”]

