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 May 16, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- Cigna, CT
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Other
- Submission date
- May 16, 2019
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13401, row:4540)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Cigna, reported that its business associate (BA), Availity had fraudulent provider accounts on its provider portal. This breach affected 3,720 individuals and the protected health information (PHI) involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, and health insurance information. Cigna notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. Cigna also provided two years of complimentary identity protection services.