Mankato Clinic reported a “data security event” via press release on Friday that occurred between Aug. 12 and Aug. 18.The clinic reported that beginning on Aug. 18, they began working with “third-party forensic investigators” in hopes to learn the origin of the cybersecurity issues that lead to the data breach.The types of data that may have been accessed according to the release are names, dates of birth, health insurance and medical data that could include diagnoses, billing, claims, identification numbers and/or physician information.
“This incident did not impact patient care or the services provided by Mankato Clinic,” according to the release.Potentially affected Mankato Clinic clients were encouraged to monitor their personal credit reports and consider placing a free fraud alert on their credit files.
Mankato Clinic also has representatives available to take questions from patients regarding their own accounts and the data breach by contacting 833-931-8647 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday.The federal law known as Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and Minnesota law requires that healthcare data breaches affecting 500 or more people are reported within 60 days.The Free Press reported in 2010 about a data breach at Mankato Clinic involving a stolen laptop from a clinic employee that affected over 3,100 patients.The Free Press reached out to Mankato Clinic for further comment on the August data breach event.Clinic officials declined to comment beyond the press release.
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