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 Jan. 13, 2025.
- Organization as reported
- Veterans Health Administration, DC
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Paper/Films
- Submission date
- Jan. 13, 2025
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9485, row:624)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Veterans’ Health Administration, the covered entity (CE), reported that an employee of its business associate (BA) mailed the protected health information (PHI) of 1,847 individuals to the wrong recipients. The PHI involved included names, addresses, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In its mitigation efforts, the BA implemented additional administrative safeguards to better protect and secure PHI.