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Breach notice filed by Beacon Health Options, Inc. (April 2020)

Organization named: Beacon Health Options, Inc. Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Loss

What the sources say

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 April 10, 2020.

Organization as reported
Beacon Health Options, Inc., MA
Entity type as reported
Business Associate
Category as reported
Loss
Location of information as reported
Other Portable Electronic Device
Submission date
April 10, 2020
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12922, row:4061)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

Beacon Health Options, the business associate (BA), reported that an employee lost a USB drive containing the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 6,723 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, health insurance information, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided complimentary credit monitoring and identity restoration services. Following the breach, Beacon sanctioned the employee, implemented additional administrative safeguards, and retrained its staff.

The source's own words, from the revision above.

Figures, per source

  • 6,723 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date April 10, 2020, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

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  • Submission date (HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal)
  • Observed by BreachRecords (revision 12922)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • Beacon Health Options, Inc. Named as a service provider Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory Linked 2026-10-19, method provisional.

Archived evidence

  • 3dbc27dd5742e041cc1e7fe18cc669e2901fbd3b86b7007ed27948ff4d406e1f
    text/csv, 5,530,996 bytes, retrieved from HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC. Archived privately · Provenance · Source page

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