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 March 29, 2024.
- Organization as reported
- Highmark, PA
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Paper/Films
- Submission date
- March 29, 2024
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10036, row:1175)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Highmark, the covered entity (CE), reported that an employee mailed the protected health information (PHI) of 6,205 individuals to outdated addresses. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, member identification number, diagnoses, medications, and other treatment and financial information. The CE notified HHS, impacted individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect its sensitive data. Staff were retrained.