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 May 12, 2023.
- Organization as reported
- Health Benefit Plan of the Anchorage School District, AK
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Theft
- Location of information as reported
- Laptop
- Submission date
- May 12, 2023
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10744, row:1883)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Health Benefit Plan of the Anchorage School District, reported that an employee’s laptop computer was stolen from her vehicle. The laptop contained the protected health information (PHI) of 4,598 individuals. The PHI involved included names, Social Security numbers, and health insurance information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, local law enforcement, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards and provided complimentary credit monitoring services to affected individuals.