Health Data Breach Tracker/MS

Health Plan · Archived

Magnolia Health Plan

759 individuals · submitted December 28, 2020

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Magnolia Health Plan, reported that an employee of its business associate (BA) inadvertently mailed documents containing the protected health information (PHI) of 759 individuals to the wrong recipients. The PHI involved included names and health insurance information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. Following the breach, the BA implemented additional administrative safeguards and retrained its staff to better protect PHI. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Magnolia Health Plan
State
MS
Entity type
Health Plan
Individuals affected
759
Submission date
December 28, 2020
Breach type
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information
Paper/Films
Business associate present
Yes
OCR status
Archived

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