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VA Healthcare - VISN 4 (VISN 4)
Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on September 18, 2012. Also cited in 239 other reports.
Report ID: SPE000000080255, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: VISN 04 Pittsburgh, PA
Issue:
OI&T Employee/Veteran received another Veteran's Statement of Medical Care Cost Recovery Account Activity at his home residence. The OI&T employee/Veteran returned this document to VA custody. Both Veterans have the same last name. It was determined the Veteran's address in MCCR's billing system was erroneously the OI&T employee/Veteran. This has been corrected. Update: 09/18/12:One (1) Veteran will be sent a notification letter due to PHI being disclosed.
Outcome:
The billing package has been edited.