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 April 7, 2023.
- Organization as reported
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, MD
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Paper/Films
- Submission date
- April 7, 2023
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10810, row:1949)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, reported that an employee of its business associate (BA) inadvertently mailed the protected health information (PHI) of 10,011 individuals to the wrong recipients. The PHI involved included names, addresses, claims information, diagnoses, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the BA implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect PHI.