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 6, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- SummaCare, OH
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Paper/Films
- Submission date
- May 6, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12175, row:3314)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), SummaCare, reported that its business associate (BA) mailed envelopes containing the protected health information (PHI) of 5,532 individuals, to the wrong individuals. The PHI involved included names and addresses. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE severed its relationship with the BA and updated its HIPAA Breach Notification Rule policy.