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Breach notice filed by State of New Jersey Department of Human Services, Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services (October 2022)

Organization named: State of New Jersey Department of Human Services, Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Unauthorized Access/Disclosure

What the sources say

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. 27, 2022.

Organization as reported
State of New Jersey Department of Human Services, Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services, NJ
Entity type as reported
Health Plan
Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information as reported
Email
Submission date
Oct. 27, 2022
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11093, row:2232)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

The covered entity (CE), the State of New Jersey Department of Human Services, Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services, reported that an employee impermissibly sent the protected health information (PHI) of 3,900 individuals to an individual who was not authorized to receive it. The PHI involved included names, dates of death, Social Security numbers, health insurance information, and other identifying information. The CE notified HHS and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect PHI.

The source's own words, from the revision above.

Figures, per source

  • 3,900 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date Oct. 27, 2022, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

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  • Submission date (HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal)
  • Observed by BreachRecords (revision 11093)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

Archived evidence

  • 3dbc27dd5742e041cc1e7fe18cc669e2901fbd3b86b7007ed27948ff4d406e1f
    text/csv, 5,530,996 bytes, retrieved from HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC. Archived privately · Provenance · Source page

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