Computer error results in release of heath information
Several hundred participants in the UM system's Choice Health Care Program were notified about a mailing error that caused benefit statements, health services letters and new ID cards to be mailed to the wrong people.
“We discovered that the computer error occurred between Jan. 6th and 10th, and upon learning of the error, we took immediate corrective actions to address this error,” said Roman Kulich, President and CEO of Coventry Health Care/GHP in St. Louis, in a news release.
According to the release, UM system medical benefits plans administrator Coventry Health Care said a computer malfunction placed names with the wrong addresses. Participants in the Catastrophic Medical Program or the Retiree Indemnity Medical Program were not affected.
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