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 Feb. 27, 2015.
- Organization as reported
- St.Vincent Hospital and Health Care Center, Inc., IN
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Paper/Films
- Submission date
- Feb. 27, 2015
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14875, row:6014)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), St. Vincent Health, mismailed letters about a closed practice, affecting approximately 63,325 individuals. The types of protected health information (PHI) involved in the breach included patients' names, addresses and, in some cases, information regarding upcoming appointments. Following the breach, the CE executed a business associate agreement with a new vender for its marketing and mailing initiatives and utilized new software for its marketing initiatives to provide additional accountability and controls. Additionally, the CE added more verification steps to its mailing process. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted above.