HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice
Posted on the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) with a submission date of Sept. 20, 2023.
- Organization as reported
- Elevate Patient Financial Solutions, TX
- Entity type as reported
- Business Associate
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Paper/Films
- Submission date
- Sept. 20, 2023
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10459, row:1598)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The business associate (BA), Elevate Patient Financial Solutions, reported that an employee mailed out documents in which the protected health information (PHI) of 5,364 individuals was visible through the window of the envelope. The PHI involved included names, addresses, and Social Security numbers. The BA notified HHS and the affected individuals. In its mitigation efforts, the BA strengthened its administrative and technical safeguards to better protect sensitive data.