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 Oct. 29, 2024.
- Organization as reported
- Regence BlueCross BlueShield, OR
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Paper/Films
- Submission date
- Oct. 29, 2024
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9629, row:768)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Regence BlueCross BlueShield, reported that employees of its business associate (BA) mailed documents containing the protected health information (PHI) of 610 individuals to the wrong recipients. The PHI involved included names and treatment information. The CE notified HHS and affected individuals. In response to the breach, the BA sanctioned the workforce members and implemented additional administrative safeguards.