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 Feb. 15, 2024.
- Organization as reported
- Dignity Health Welfare Benefits Plan, CO
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Paper/Films
- Submission date
- Feb. 15, 2024
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10133, row:1272)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Dignity Health Welfare Benefits Plan, reported that an employee mailed the protected health information (PHI) of 744 individuals to the wrong recipients. The PHI involved included names and medications. The CE notified HHS and the affected individuals. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative safeguards including retraining staff to better protect PHI.