Medicare Data Breach 2024. Protected health information for nearly 1 million medicare beneficiaries may have been compromised by a 2023 “security vulnerability” in software used by a medicare. On july 8, 2024, wps notified cms that files containing protected health information, such as medicare claims data, and related personally identifiable information (collectively, “personal information”) was compromised in a cybersecurity incident.
The medicare access and chip reauthorization act (macra) of 2015, required the removal of social security numbers from medicare cards. Take these steps if you’re worried you’ve been affected by a data breach.