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 May 27, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- State of TN Finance & Administration, TN
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- May 27, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12125, row:3264)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), State of TN Finance & Administration, reported that an employee inadvertently emailed the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 947 individuals to the wrong recipient. The ePHI involved included names, addresses and health insurance information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE sanctioned the responsible employee and retrained its workforce.