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 July 8, 2022.
- Organization as reported
- Southern California United Food & Commercial Workers Unions and Food Employers Benefit Fund, CA
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Theft
- Location of information as reported
- Paper/Films
- Submission date
- July 8, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11318, row:2457)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Southern California United Food & Commercial Workers Unions and Food Employers Benefit Fund, reported that its outgoing mail was stolen from the post office. The breach affected the protected health information (PHI) of 850 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, fund identification numbers, claims information, and financial information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional physical safeguards.