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 Nov. 8, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Continental American Insurance Company, SC
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Paper/Films
- Submission date
- Nov. 8, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11799, row:2938)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Continental American Insurance Company, reported that an employee mailed the protected health information (PHI) of 623 individuals to the wrong recipients. The PHI involved included names and insurance information. The CE notified HHS and affected individuals. In its mitigation efforts, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services and implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect its PHI.