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 March 18, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- NeoGenomics Laboratories, Inc., FL
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- March 18, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12957, row:4096)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
NeoGenomics Laboratories, Inc., the covered entity (CE), reported that an employee emailed the protected health information (PHI) of 912 individuals to the wrong recipient. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, and financial data. The CE notified HHS and affected individuals. As part of its mitigation efforts, the CE sanctioned the responsible employee and implemented additional administrative guidelines and retrained its staff. The CE also offered complimentary credit monitoring services to affected individuals. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.