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 June 12, 2023.
- Organization as reported
- Idaho Department of Health & Welfare, ID
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- June 12, 2023
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10660, row:1799)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Idaho Department of Health & Welfare, the covered entity (CE), reported that its business associate (BA) experienced a cyber-attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of approximately 2,501 individuals. The PHI involved included names and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE and BA revised its policies and procedures to better protect PHI.