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 Dec. 29, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- Buckeye Health Plan, OH
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Paper/Films
- Submission date
- Dec. 29, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12422, row:3561)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Buckeye Health Plan, reported that its business associate (BA) sent letters that contained the protected health information (PHI) of 606 individuals to the wrong recipients. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, and health insurance information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the BA implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards and retrained its staff.