- State
- PA
- Covered entity type
- Health Plan
- Individuals affected
- 6,205
- Business associate present
- No
- 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
Highmark, the covered entity (CE), reported that an employee mailed the protected health information (PHI) of 6,205 individuals to outdated addresses. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, member identification number, diagnoses, medications, and other treatment and financial information. The CE notified HHS, impacted individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect its sensitive data. Staff were retrained.
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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