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 Sept. 22, 2023.
- Organization as reported
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, IL
- Entity type as reported
- Business Associate
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Paper/Films
- Submission date
- Sept. 22, 2023
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10452, row:1591)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The business associate (BA), Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, reported that an employee inadvertently mailed the protected health information (PHI) of 3,708 individuals to the wrong addresses. The PHI involved included names and health insurance information. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media In response to the breach, the BA implemented additional administrative safeguards to better protect PHI.