Aetna will pay $935,000 as part of a settlement with the state of California resolving allegations that the insurer violated California health privacy laws in connection with its 2017 breach of patient confidentiality. The incident involved a “mailing error” wherein a vendor for Aetna sent letters to 1,991 Californians that contained sensitive health information regarding recipients’ HIV status that was inadvertently revealed through an oversized clear window on the mailed envelopes, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra said in a statement.
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