The St. Louis-based payer reported the missing hard drives in late January. They contained protected health information of individuals who received laboratory services from 2009 to 2015.
According to the report, an employee placed the hard drives in a secure receptacle to be destroyed.
Centene has concluded its investigation into the matter.
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