Health Plan · Archived
Highmark
6,205 individuals · submitted March 29, 2024
About this report
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covered entity (CE), reported that an employee mailed the protected health information (PHI) of 6,205 individuals to outdated addresses.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.
Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.
- Organization
- Highmark
- State
- PA
- Entity type
- Health Plan
- Individuals affected
- 6,205
- Submission date
- March 29, 2024
- Breach type
- Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information
- Paper/Films
- Business associate present
- No
- OCR status
- Archived
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