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South Central VA Health Care Network (VISN 16)
Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on November 21, 2011. Also cited in 317 other reports.
Report ID: SPE000000068869, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: VISN 16 Jackson, MS
Issue:
A veteran contacted the VA Health Resource Center, a VA contact center where veterans, their dependants and others nationwide can obtain informaitoon on veteran's benefits and help with billing problems, to state he had received another veterans billiing statement in the mail. It appears that he and the veteran whose information he received have the same name. The veteran returned the bill, along with the original envelope, to the HRC immediately. Update: 12/01/11:Due to full SSN being exposed, Veteran B will be sent a letter offering credit protection services.
Outcome:
Enployeed counseled regarding protection of personally identifiable information and instructed to retake PA training