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. 14, 2022.
- Organization as reported
- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas, KS
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Oct. 14, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11122, row:2261)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas, reported that its business associate (BA) experienced a cyber-attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 1,308 individuals. The PHI involved included names, financial and health insurance information, and treatment information. The BA notified HHS and the affected individuals; the CE notified the media and posted substitute notice on its website. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services to the affected individuals.