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 The hard drives do not include any financial or payment details of
customers, the company said.
It said it was conducting an internal search for the hard drives and
believed the information has not been used inappropriately.
Chief Executive Michael Neidorff said the drives contained data that
was part of a project where laboratory results were used to improve
the health outcomes of their members.
The missing data from the hard drives included the names, addresses,
dates of birth, Social Security numbers, member identification
numbers and health information of patients who received laboratory
services between 2009 and 2015.
Centene said it has started to notify clients and would offer free
credit and healthcare monitoring to those affected.
St. Louis, Missouri-based Centene's shares were down nearly 2
percent at $60.24 in the extended trading.
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(Reporting by Rosmi Shaji in Bengaluru; Editing by Savio D'Souza and
Tom Brown)
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