Penalty Amount
$2,287,455
Consumers Affected
10,200,000
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings agreed to pay $2,287,455 to participating states and strengthen its security and vendor-management practices following an investigation into the 2019 breach at its debt-collection vendor, AMCA. The breach potentially exposed information of more than 27.5 million people nationwide, including sensitive information belonging to approximately 10.2 million LabCorp patients.
LabCorp must pay $2,287,455 to participating states and strengthen its information-security and vendor-risk management programs. Requirements include minimizing data shared with vendors, expanding vendor assessments and verification, imposing cybersecurity and audit obligations on debt collectors through contracts, planning for vendor security incidents, and hiring an independent assessor to evaluate vendor-risk management.
Review vendor and business associate agreements, especially those with debt collectors and other service providers handling patient or other sensitive information. Confirm data-processing clauses limit shared data to what is necessary; require security controls, data segmentation, risk assessments, audits, and documented compliance verification; and mandate prompt reporting of vendor security events to support internal incident response. Add clear remediation and termination rights for security failures, and ensure customer-facing privacy notices and related agreements accurately describe vendor data sharing and safeguards.
Entity
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (LabCorp)
Industry
HealthcareOfficial Press Release
https://www.njoag.gov/new-jersey-joins-multistate-labcorp-settlement-over-2019-data-breach-impacting-more-than-400000-new-jerseyans/
2026 0924 Labcorp AVC NJ signed CP Filed
https://www.njoag.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/2026-0924_Labcorp-AVC-NJ_signed_CP_Filed.pdf
New Jersey Attorney General Enforcement Page
https://www.njoag.gov/about/divisions-and-offices/division-of-consumer-affairs/
"LabCorp will pay $2,287,455 to the participating states"
"LabCorp will pay $2,287,455 to the participating states, including $68,000 to New Jersey."
"entities covered by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act"
"The breach occurred at Retrieval-Masters Creditors Bureau, doing business as American Medical Collection Agency (AMCA), a third-party vendor LabCorp used to collect medical debts."
"The compromised information included sensitive data belonging to approximately 10.2 million LabCorp patients, including 417,308 in New Jersey."
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