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 Jan. 13, 2022.
- Organization as reported
- Oscar Buckeye State Insurance Corporation, OH
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Paper/Films
- Submission date
- Jan. 13, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11675, row:2814)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Oscar Buckeye State Insurance Corporation, reported that an employee of its vendor mailed the protected health information (PHI) of 1,296 individuals to the wrong recipients. The PHI involved included names, claims information, and diagnoses. 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 and technical safeguards to better protect PHI.