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 Oct. 15, 2014.
- Organization as reported
- Cone Health Medical Group, NC
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Paper/Films
- Submission date
- Oct. 15, 2014
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14953, row:6092)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Cone Health Medical Group, reported that a mailing error caused the protected health information (PHI) of 1,872 individuals to be mailed to the wrong recipients. The PHI involved included names and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In its mitigation efforts, the CE switched mailing vendors to better protect its PHI. As a result of OCR’s investigation, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards. The CE also hired a privacy officer. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the aforementioned corrective actions.