Wisconsin Department of Health Services




News Release





*For Immediate Release*

October 7, 2022
Contact: Elizabeth Goodsitt/Jennifer Miller 608-266-1683

Potential Data Disclosure May Have Affected Certain Wisconsin Medicaid Members

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) today announced that on August 8, 2022, as part of a cybersecurity incident investigation, DHS was notified that a presentation emailed to the DHS Children?s Long-Term Support Council in April 2021 contained protected health information. This presentation was forwarded to employees working for county government agencies in Rock and other Wisconsin counties and posted to the DHS website as part of the meeting minutes. Information that was potentially exposed includes the first and last name, date of birth, gender, county location, Wisconsin Medicaid member ID number, and social security number of affected members of Wisconsin Medicaid.

After discovering what happened on August 8, 2022, DHS immediately removed the meeting minutes from the website and replaced them with a PDF version, which removed access to the protected health information. Additionally, DHS took steps to confirm that individuals who received the minutes via email deleted the files. DHS will continue to investigate and work to prevent such incidents from occurring in the future.

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