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 April 17, 2018.
- Organization as reported
- Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services, KS
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Desktop Computer
- Submission date
- April 17, 2018
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13849, row:4988)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services, reported that an employee sent the electronic protected health information of approximately 11,000 individuals to the wrong recipients. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and health insurance information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE sanctioned the responsible employee and retrained its employees on the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.