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 Nov. 11, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- CareSource, OH
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Paper/Films
- Submission date
- Nov. 11, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12516, row:3655)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), CareSource, reported that its business associate (BA) inadvertently mailed the protected health information (PHI) of 8,730 individuals to the wrong recipients. The PHI involved included names, clinical information, and diagnoses/conditions. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. To mitigate this breach and prevent similar errors, the CE implemented additional administrative safeguards. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.