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Breach notice filed by Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (April 2016)

Organization named: Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Unauthorized Access/Disclosure

What the sources say

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 April 22, 2016.

Organization as reported
Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, OH
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information as reported
Paper/Films
Submission date
April 22, 2016
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14547, row:5686)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

The covered entity (CE), Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, reported that postcards containing protected health information (PHI) were mailed to patients and/or their families. The PHI involved included names, addresses, and treatment information. The postcards were mailed to approximately 54,000 individuals. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. As a result of this breach, the CE halted further mailings of postcards containing sensitive information. The CE also adopted additional administrative safeguards to further protect its PHI and retrained its staff. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.

The source's own words, from the revision above.

Figures, per source

  • 59,000 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date April 22, 2016, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

Source dates are the dates the sources give. Observation dates are when BreachRecords recorded each revision.

  • Submission date (HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal)
  • Observed by BreachRecords (revision 14547)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

Archived evidence

  • 3dbc27dd5742e041cc1e7fe18cc669e2901fbd3b86b7007ed27948ff4d406e1f
    text/csv, 5,530,996 bytes, retrieved from HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC. Archived privately · Provenance · Source page

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