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 Jan. 3, 2024.
- Organization as reported
- Amerigroup Iowa, Inc, IN
- Entity type as reported
- Business Associate
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Jan. 3, 2024
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10229, row:1368)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The business associate (BA), Amerigroup Iowa, Inc., reported that an employee mailed the protected health information (PHI) of 1,023 individuals to the wrong recipients. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, health insurance information, claims information, and diagnoses and procedures codes. The BA notified HHS, the covered entity, and the affected individuals. In response to the breach, the BA implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards, and retrained workforce members to better protect PHI.