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. 5, 2024.
- Organization as reported
- Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services, KY
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Paper/Films
- Submission date
- Feb. 5, 2024
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10158, row:1297)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services, reported that an employee of its business associate (BA) inadvertently mailed the protected health information (PHI) of 857 individuals to the wrong recipients. The PHI involved included names, identification numbers, claims and financial information, and other treatment information. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the BA implemented additional administrative safeguards and quality assurance procedures to prevent this issue from reoccurring.