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 Oct. 7, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- Arkansas Health Group, AR
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Other
- Submission date
- Oct. 7, 2019
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13193, row:4332)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Arkansas Health Group, reported that its business associate (BA), Arkansas Answering Service, sent protected health information (PHI) via email that was unsecured. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. This breach affected 941 individuals and the PHI involved included names, birthdates, and clinical information. As a result of this breach, the CE terminated its relationship with the BA.