Health Data Breach Tracker/KY

Health Plan · Archived

Humana Inc

756 individuals · submitted October 2, 2019

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Humana, Inc., reported that an employee emailed the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 756 individuals to his personal email account. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, and health insurance information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE retrained its staff to better protect ePHI. OCR provided the CE with technical assistance regarding the HIPAA Breach Notification Rule.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Humana Inc
State
KY
Entity type
Health Plan
Individuals affected
756
Submission date
October 2, 2019
Breach type
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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