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 Aug. 24, 2023.
- Organization as reported
- IEC Group, Inc. dba AmeriBen, ID
- Entity type as reported
- Business Associate
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Aug. 24, 2023
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10493, row:1632)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
IEC Group dba AmeriBen, the covered entity (CE), reported that an employee inadvertently sent an email to patients that contained the protected health information (PHI) of 74,884 individuals. The PHI involved included names, financial information, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE sanctioned and retrained the employee responsible for the breach and implemented new administrative safeguards.