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 Nov. 23, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- Presbyterian Health Plan, NM
- Entity type as reported
- Business Associate
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Paper/Films
- Submission date
- Nov. 23, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12485, row:3624)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The business associate (BA), Presbyterian Health Plan, reported that an employee sent documents that contained the protected health information (PHI) of 3,357 individuals to the wrong recipients. The PHI involved included names and diagnoses. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the BA strengthened its administrative safeguards and retrained its staff.