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 June 21, 2024.
- Organization as reported
- Geisinger, PA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- June 21, 2024
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9839, row:978)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Geisinger, reported that a former employee of its business associate (BA) accessed the protected health information (PHI) 1,276,026 individuals. The PHI involved included demographic information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its PHI.