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. 15, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- Kids Central Inc., FL
- Entity type as reported
- Business Associate
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Feb. 15, 2019
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13529, row:4668)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Kids Central, Inc., reported that an employee sent a file containing the protected health information (PHI) of 3,250 individuals to the wrong recipients. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, and health insurance information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE sanctioned the employee and implemented additional administrative safeguards to better protect its PHI. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.