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 June 5, 2025.
- Organization as reported
- AffirmedRx PBC, KY
- Entity type as reported
- Business Associate
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Paper/Films
- Submission date
- June 5, 2025
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9282, row:421)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The business associate (BA), AffirmedRx PBC, reported that an employee mailed the protected health information (PHI) of 1,089 individuals to the wrong recipients. The PHI involved included names and medications. The BA notified HHS, the affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the BA implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards, and retrained workforce members to better protect PHI.