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. 6, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- Kaiser Health Plan, Southern California, CA
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Paper/Films
- Submission date
- Feb. 6, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13018, row:4157)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Kaiser Health Plan, Southern California, reported that an employee inadvertently mailed the protected health information (PHI) of 167,095 individuals to the wrong addresses. The PHI involved included names, addresses, birthdates, diagnoses, lab results, medications prescribed, and claims information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. A toll-free telephone number was established for questions or concerns. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative safeguards and retrained its staff. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.