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 March 14, 2023.
- Organization as reported
- California Department of Health Care Services, CA
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Paper/Films
- Submission date
- March 14, 2023
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10861, row:2000)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The California Department of Health Care Services, the covered entity (CE), reported that its business associate (BA) mailed the protected health information (PHI) of 6,460 individuals to the wrong recipients. The PHI involved included names, birthdates, Social Security numbers, addresses, and clinical information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to this incident, the CE and BA implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect PHI.