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. 8, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Independent Health Corporation, NY
- Entity type as reported
- Business Associate
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Oct. 8, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11862, row:3001)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Independent Health Corporation, reported that an employee inadvertently emailed the protected health information (PHI) of 541 individuals to the wrong recipients. The PHI involved included names, identification numbers, and diagnoses. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice on its website. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards. Staff were retrained to better protect PHI.