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 Aug. 10, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- BeneSys, Inc., MI
- Entity type as reported
- Business Associate
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Aug. 10, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12751, row:3890)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
BeneSys, the business associate (BA), reported that an employee inadvertently emailed documents containing the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 1,070 individuals to the wrong recipient. The ePHI involved included names, Social Security numbers, and financial information. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, and provided complimentary credit monitoring services to those affected by the breach. In its mitigation efforts, the BA sanctioned the responsible employee, implemented additional administrative safeguards, and retrained its staff. OCR obtained assurances that the BA implemented the corrective actions noted.