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 Dec. 30, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- Home State Health Plan, Inc., MO
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Paper/Films
- Submission date
- Dec. 30, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12418, row:3557)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Home State Health Plan, Inc., reported that its business associate (BA) sent letters containing the protected health information (PHI) of 1,020 individuals, to the wrong recipients. The PHI involved included names and health insurance information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the BA implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better secure its PHI. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.