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 Oct. 2, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- Humana Inc, KY
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Oct. 2, 2019
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13200, row:4339)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Humana, Inc., reported that an employee emailed the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 756 individuals to his personal email account. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, and health insurance information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE retrained its staff to better protect ePHI. OCR provided the CE with technical assistance regarding the HIPAA Breach Notification Rule.