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New Mexico Retiree Health Care Authority
ArchivedSubmitted 10/02/2018
Updated 15 hours ago ()
- State
- NM
- Covered entity type
- Health Plan
- Individuals affected
- 586
- 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
On September 27, 2018, the covered entity (CE), New Mexico Retiree Health Care Authority, mailed a summary of benefits packets to approximately 586 members, including the members’ names, lists of dependents, and the last four digits of their social security numbers, to the wrong address as a result of human error. To mitigate the impermissible disclosures, the CE implemented appropriate safeguards and updated its HIPAA policies and training. The CE provided breach notification to HHS and affected individuals and provided individuals with free credit monitoring. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective action steps listed above.
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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