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. 29, 2025.
- Organization as reported
- North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, NC
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Paper/Films
- Submission date
- Sept. 29, 2025
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9130, row:269)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, reported that an employee of its business associate (BA) mailed the protected health information (PHI) of 3,437 individuals to the wrong recipients. The PHI involved clinical and demographic information. The CE notified HHS, the affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE and BA implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards and retrained workforce members to better protect its PHI.