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North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
ArchivedSubmitted 09/29/2025
Updated 2 hours ago ()
- State
- NC
- Covered entity type
- Health Plan
- Individuals affected
- 3,437
- 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 26, 2026
OCR description
The covered entity (CE), North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, reported that an employee of its business associate (BA) mailed the protected health information (PHI) of 3,437 individuals to the wrong recipients. The PHI involved clinical and demographic information. The CE notified HHS, the affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE and BA 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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