HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice
Posted on the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) with a submission date of Dec. 18, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- Iowa Total Care, Inc., IA
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Dec. 18, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12441, row:3580)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Iowa Total Care, reported that an employee inadvertently emailed the protected health information (PHI) of 536 individuals to the wrong recipient. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, health insurance and claims information, diagnoses, and other treatment information. In response to the breach, the CE retrained all employees on email security precautions.