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 9, 2022.
- Organization as reported
- Healthfirst, NY
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Paper/Films
- Submission date
- May 9, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11470, row:2609)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Healthfirst, reported that a misconfiguration in its software caused the protected health information (PHI) of 5,048 individuals to be sent to the wrong recipients. The PHI involved included names, phone numbers, and health insurance information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services, revised its policies and procedures, and retrained its employees.