Department of Health Care Policy and Financing Lost Data

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Colorado agency loses records
The state Department of Health Care Policy and Financing has lost thousands of applicant names on a computer disk for the second time in a year, triggering a public notice under federal privacy rules. HCPF officials said the names of 3,590 medical-aid applicants were on the lost disk, though the data did not include dates of birth, Social Security numbers or other personal information that could lead to identity-theft cases. Some of the lost information includes health data protected under the privacy rules of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.