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 March 11, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System, AZ
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Paper/Films
- Submission date
- March 11, 2019
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13503, row:4642)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System, discovered that it mailed the protected health information (PHI) of 3,146 individuals to the wrong recipients. The PHI involved included names and dates of birth. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided a toll-free telephone number for questions and concerns. It also posted substitute notice on its website. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented technical safeguards to better protect its data. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.