Business Associate · Archived
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Inc.
8,027 individuals · submitted November 20, 2020
About this report
The covered entity (CE), Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, reported that it mistakenly mailed the protected health information (PHI) of 8,027 individuals to the wrong recipients. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, phone numbers, medications prescribed, diagnoses, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE strengthened its administrative and technical safeguards and retrained its employees. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.
Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.
- Organization
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Inc.
- State
- MA
- Entity type
- Business Associate
- Individuals affected
- 8,027
- Submission date
- November 20, 2020
- Breach type
- Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information
- Paper/Films
- Business associate present
- Yes
- OCR status
- Archived
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