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 16, 2023.
- Organization as reported
- Buckeye Health Plan, OH
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- May 16, 2023
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10734, row:1873)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Buckeye Health Plan, reported that a staff member emailed the protected health information (PHI) of 686 individuals to an unauthorized individual. The PHI involved included names and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE requested the information be deleted by the recipient.