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 Sept. 6, 2024.
- Organization as reported
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, MD
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Sept. 6, 2024
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9715, row:854)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, reported that a software application used by its business associate (BA) exposed the protected health information (PHI) of 3,112,815 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, Social Security numbers, claims and health insurance information, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, the media, and provided substitute notice; the CE and BA notified affected individuals. In response to the breach, the CE and BA implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect PHI.