HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice
Posted on the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) with a submission date of Aug. 21, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- Regence BlueShield Washington, OR
- Entity type as reported
- Business Associate
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Paper/Films
- Submission date
- Aug. 21, 2019
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13254, row:4393)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Regence BlueShield of Washington, the covered entity (CE), reported that its business associate (BA) sent the Social Security numbers of 684 individuals to the wrong recipients. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided complimentary credit monitoring services. In its mitigation efforts, the BA implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards and retrained its staff.