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 June 6, 2023.
- Organization as reported
- Utah Medicaid, Division of Integrated Healthcare: Utah Department of Health and Human Services, UT
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Paper/Films
- Submission date
- June 6, 2023
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10667, row:1806)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Utah Medicaid, Division of Integrated Healthcare: Utah Department of Health and Human Services, reported an employee of its business associate (BA) mailed the protected health information (PHI) of 5,833 individuals to the wrong recipients. The PHI involved included names, addresses, and health insurance information. The CE notified HHS, the affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services and implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect PHI.