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 Dec. 30, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- Peach State Health Plan, GA
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Paper/Films
- Submission date
- Dec. 30, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12419, row:3558)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Peach State Health Plan, reported that its business associate (BA) experienced a batch processing error in its print fulfillment process that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 3,443 individuals. The PHI involved included names, health insurance information, and dates of birth. The CE notified HHS, and the BA notified affected individuals and the media. In response to the breach, the BA updated its batch processing software to improve quality control and added manual intervention quality checks in the print fulfillment process.