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 Jan. 29, 2015.
- Organization as reported
- Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Mid-Atlantic States, Inc., MD
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Paper/Films
- Submission date
- Jan. 29, 2015
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14892, row:6031)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Due to a printing error, patients received appointment reminders containing other patients’ protected health information (PHI). The PHI involved in the breach included the names, medical record numbers, the types of appointments to be scheduled, and provider information for approximately 630 individuals. Following the breach, additional safeguards were implemented to prevent future disclosures. OCR reviewed the covered entity’s policies and procedures to ensure compliance with the Privacy and Security Rules.