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. 23, 2022.
- Organization as reported
- Cedar Cares, Inc. f/k/a Careportal, NY
- Entity type as reported
- Business Associate
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Paper/Films
- Submission date
- Dec. 23, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10988, row:2127)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Cedar Cares fka Careportal, the business associate (BA), reported that an employee inadvertently mailed the protected health information (PHI) of 1,205 individuals to the wrong addresses. The PHI involved included names and financial information. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative safeguards to better protect PHI.