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 Feb. 14, 2024.
- Organization as reported
- Insurance ACE/Humana Inc., KY
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Paper/Films
- Submission date
- Feb. 14, 2024
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10139, row:1278)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Insurance ACE/Humana Inc., reported that an employee of its business associate (BA) mailed the protected health information (PHI) of 3,480 individuals to the wrong recipients. The PHI involved included diagnoses/conditions, medications, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice on its website. In response to the breach, the BA retrained and sanctioned the workforce member and OCR provided technical assistance.