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 March 23, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- Health Care Service Corporation, IL
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- March 23, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12949, row:4088)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Health Care Service Corporation, reported that an employee inadvertently emailed a document containing the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 574 individuals to an unauthorized individual. The ePHI involved included names, member identification numbers, diagnoses, medications prescribed, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS and the affected individuals. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative safeguards and retrained employees on the requirement to safeguard sensitive data. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.