HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice
Posted on the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal with a submission date of Dec. 20, 2024.
- Organization as reported
- Aetna ACE, CT
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Other Portable Electronic Device
- Submission date
- Dec. 20, 2024
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9544, row:683)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Aetna ACE, the covered entity (CE), reported that an employee of its business associate (BA) mailed the protected health information (PHI) of 1,317 individuals to the wrong recipients. The PHI involved included names, addresses, and medications. The CE notified HHS and the affected individuals. In response to the breach, the BA implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards.