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 May 28, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- Beacon Health systems, Inc., IN
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Improper Disposal
- Location of information as reported
- Paper/Films
- Submission date
- May 28, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12867, row:4006)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Beacon Health Systems, the covered entity (CE), reported that its business associate (BA) improperly disposed of documents containing the protected health information (PHI) of approximately 900 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, claims information, lab results, diagnoses, medications prescribed, and other clinical information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative safeguards to better protect its PHI.