- State
- WV
- Covered entity type
- Business Associate
- Individuals affected
- 1,300
- Business associate present
- Yes
- Type of breach
- Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of breached information
- Paper/Films
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Sep 23, 2026
- Last seen in OCR export
- Oct 25, 2026
OCR description
The business associate (BA), ABC Holdings Corporation, reported that an employee mailed the protected health information (PHI) of 1,300 individuals to the wrong recipients. The PHI involved included clinical and demographic information. The BA notified HHS, the affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the BA provided complimentary credit monitoring services to the affected individuals and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards, and retrained workforce members to better protect its PHI.
Change history
- Sep 23, 2026Added to OCR's archive list
Source: HHS OCR Breach Portal, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights about this source
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