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. 18, 2024.
- Organization as reported
- Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon, OR
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Paper/Films
- Submission date
- Jan. 18, 2024
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10194, row:1333)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon, the covered entity (CE), reported that letters containing the protected health information (PHI) of 856 individuals were mailed to the wrong recipients. The PHI involved included names and health insurance information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach the CE retrained workforce members and implemented additional administrative safeguards to better protect PHI.