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 Sept. 17, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- HM Health Solutions, PA
- Entity type as reported
- Business Associate
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Paper/Films
- Submission date
- Sept. 17, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12643, row:3782)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
HM Health Solutions, the business associate (BA), reported that its business associate (BA) sent boxes containing the protected health information (PHI) of 1,798 individuals to the wrong recipients. The PHI involved included names, addresses, diagnoses, medical conditions, and claims information. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. Complimentary credit monitoring services were also provided. In its mitigation efforts, the BA implemented additional administrative safeguards and retrained its staff. OCR obtained assurances that the BA implemented the corrective actions noted.