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. 13, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- Prestige Health Choice, FL
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Other Portable Electronic Device
- Submission date
- Dec. 13, 2019
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13090, row:4229)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Prestige Health Choice, reported that an employee impermissibly downloaded the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 4,665 individuals to a personal hard drive. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, treatment information, and health insurance information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. The CE also provided complimentary credit monitoring service to affected individuals. In response to the breach, the CE sanctioned the responsible employee and enhanced its security safeguards. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.