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. 15, 2023.
- Organization as reported
- Peach State Health Plan, GA
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Sept. 15, 2023
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10467, row:1606)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Peach State Health Plan, reported that its business associate (BA) experienced a cyber-attack that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 1,246 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, diagnoses, medications, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services and the CE and BA implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect PHI.