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 Feb. 28, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- Riverview Health, IN
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Paper/Films
- Submission date
- Feb. 28, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12979, row:4118)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Riverview Health, reported that its business associate (BA), Priority Press, Inc., inadvertently emailed the protected health information (PHI) of 2,610 individuals to the wrong recipients. The PHI involved included names and addresses. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. The CE also provided substitute notice. In its mitigation efforts, the BA implemented additional administrative safeguards and retrained its staff. The responsible employee was sanctioned. Of note, the CE also provided HIPAA training to its entire workforce. OCR obtained assurances that the BA and CE implemented the corrective actions noted.