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Breach notice filed by Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Inc. (November 2020)

Organization named: Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Inc. Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Unauthorized Access/Disclosure

What the sources say

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. 20, 2020.

Organization as reported
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Inc., MA
Entity type as reported
Business Associate
Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information as reported
Paper/Films
Submission date
Nov. 20, 2020
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12493, row:3632)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

The covered entity (CE), Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, reported that it mistakenly mailed the protected health information (PHI) of 8,027 individuals to the wrong recipients. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, phone numbers, medications prescribed, diagnoses, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE strengthened its administrative and technical safeguards and retrained its employees. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.

The source's own words, from the revision above.

Figures, per source

  • 8,027 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date Nov. 20, 2020, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

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  • Submission date (HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal)
  • Observed by BreachRecords (revision 12493)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Inc. Named as a service provider Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory Linked 2026-10-19, method provisional.

Archived evidence

  • 3dbc27dd5742e041cc1e7fe18cc669e2901fbd3b86b7007ed27948ff4d406e1f
    text/csv, 5,530,996 bytes, retrieved from HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC. Archived privately · Provenance · Source page

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