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 April 7, 2022.
- Organization as reported
- SummaCare Inc, OH
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- April 7, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11540, row:2679)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), SummaCare, reported that an authentication misconfiguration in its computer systems allowed documents containing the protected health information (PHI) of 716 individuals to be accessible via the internet. The PHI involved included names, member identification numbers, diagnoses, financial information, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect its PHI.