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 June 28, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- CVS Caremark, RI
- Entity type as reported
- Business Associate
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Paper/Films
- Submission date
- June 28, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12051, row:3190)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), CVS Caremark, reported that an employee mailed the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 3,064 individuals to the wrong recipients. The ePHI involved included names, diagnoses, and health insurance information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE retrained its staff and implemented additional administrative safeguards.