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 14, 2024.
- Organization as reported
- Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Northwest, OR
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Paper/Films
- Submission date
- June 14, 2024
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9854, row:993)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Northwest, the covered entity (CE), reported that an employee mailed the protected health information (PHI) of 578 individuals to the wrong recipients. The PHI involved included names and health insurance information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards. OCR provided technical assistance regarding the HIPAA Rules.