Data breach may impact thousands of Monument Health patients
Financial services vendor Change Healthcare was targeted in February.
RAPID CITY, S.D. — Monument Health learned this week that as many as 26,000 of its patients may have been affected when a financial services vendor was hacked earlier this year.
The company, Change Healthcare (CHC), was the target of a ransomware attack in February 2024, which compromised the protected health information of at least 100 million people. This is the largest known breach of protected health information at a HIPAA-regulated entity, according to News Center One.
CHC is a healthcare technology company that connects patients, providers and payers in the U.S. healthcare system.
The company informed Monument Health on Monday, Dec. 16, 2024, that some of its patients were impacted. CHC is sending notices via mail to patients whose information was affected.
If you are among the patients affected, you will be contacted by CHC. The company advises affected patients to monitor their credit reports and account information and to check for unfamiliar activity. If suspicious activity is observed, affected individuals should promptly contact the institution at which the account is maintained.
CHC is offering free credit monitoring and identity theft protection services to anyone - regardless if they were directly impacted by the breach.
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