LANSING, Mich. — Michiganders were warned of another health care data breach on Thursday.
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) Director Anita G. Fox alerted consumers to a data breach affecting Inmediata Health Group, which provides billing and other administrative services to health care providers and health plans around the country.
For residents who may have had their information compromised, AG Nessel is asking that residents take extra precautions.
Affected individuals of any data breach and all Michiganders can take these steps to further protect their information:
• Find out what information was compromised and act accordingly.
• Pull your free credit report at annualcreditreport.com or by calling 877-322-8228.
• Put a fraud alert on your credit file. The Federal Trade Commission provides a checklist for this.
• Consider a security freeze on your credit file.
• Take advantage of any free services being offered as a result of the breach.
• Use two-factor authentication on your online accounts whenever it’s available.
The breach exposed personal and medical information. The information varied between people affected, but could contain names, addresses, date of birth, social security numbers, gender, doctor's names, medical claims, and more.
“Data breaches can be devastating to the affected individuals,” said Nessel. “It’s important this office provide affected customers with any and all available resources to help limit the effects of this – or any – breach. And today, we’re doing just that.”
“Individuals who have been notified that their personal information may have been exposed in the Inmediata data breach are encouraged to closely monitor their financial accounts,” said Fox. “If suspicious activity is detected it should be immediately reported to the individual’s financial institution.”
The Attorney General’s Office became aware of the breach when two people called the Consumer Protection Division after they received multiple letters from the company dated April 22, 2019, including some misaddressed to other people.
At this time, it is unclear how many Michigan residents were impacted.
Nessel’s Corporate Oversight Division is seeking additional information about the breach through a letter to Inmediata to determine its impact in Michigan.
“We have an opportunity to improve Michigan law by adding the Attorney General’s Office as a required state department to be notified by companies impacted by data breaches,” she said.
This is the second breach since the Attorney General took office that she learned of from sources other than the company itself.
The last breach was Wolverine Solutions Group.
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