HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice
Posted on the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) with a submission date of Jan. 31, 2017.
- Organization as reported
- Vertiv Co. Health & Welfare Plan, OH
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Paper/Films
- Submission date
- Jan. 31, 2017
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14284, row:5423)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Vertiv Corporation Health & Welfare Plan, reported that an employee entered incorrect demographic information into a database which resulted in the protected health information (PHI) of 955 individuals being sent to the wrong recipients. The PHI involved included names and medications prescribed. The CE notified HHS and affected individuals. Following the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative safeguards and retrained its employees. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.