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 Sept. 15, 2017.
- Organization as reported
- Medical Mutual of Ohio, OH
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Sept. 15, 2017
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14058, row:5197)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Medical Mutual of Ohio, reported that an employee inadvertently emailed the protected health information (PHI) of 6,119 individuals to the wrong email address. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, health insurance information, clinical information, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided complimentary credit monitoring and identity restoration services. Following the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect its PHI. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.