HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice
Posted on the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) with a submission date of July 26, 2024.
- Organization as reported
- NeighborHealth, MA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Paper/Films
- Submission date
- July 26, 2024
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9787, row:926)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
NeighborHealth, the covered entity (CE), reported that, due to an error on its part, its business associate (BA) mailed the protected health information (PHI) of 526 individuals to the wrong recipients. The PHI involved were names only. The CE notified HHS, the media and posted substitute notice on its website. In its mitigation efforts, the CE retrained its staff and implemented additional administrative safeguards.