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Kaiser Foundation Health Plan (Kaiser Permanente)
ArchivedSubmitted 11/07/2019
Updated 22 hours ago ()
- State
- CA
- Covered entity type
- Health Plan
- Individuals affected
- 515
- 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
Kaiser Permanente (KP), the covered entity (CE), reported that an employee sent the protected health information (PHI) of 515 individuals to the wrong recipients. The PHI involved included names, and health insurance information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to this breach incident, KP implemented additional administrative safeguards to prevent future incidents of this nature.
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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