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 Dec. 11, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- Medica Central Insurance Company, MN
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Paper/Films
- Submission date
- Dec. 11, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12453, row:3592)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), SSM Health Insurance Company now Medica Central Insurance Company, reported that an employee mailed the protected health information (PHI) of 4,492 individuals to the wrong recipients. The PHI involved included names and health insurance information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals and the media. In response to the breach the CE centralized its outgoing mail process and implemented policies, procedures, and job aids for the relevant workforce.