Health Data Breach Tracker/NM

Business Associate · Archived

Presbyterian Health Plan

3,557 individuals · submitted November 23, 2020

About this report

The business associate (BA), Presbyterian Health Plan, reported that an employee sent documents that contained the protected health information (PHI) of 3,357 individuals to the wrong recipients. The PHI involved included names and diagnoses. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the BA strengthened its administrative safeguards and retrained its staff.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Presbyterian Health Plan
State
NM
Entity type
Business Associate
Individuals affected
3,557
Submission date
November 23, 2020
Breach type
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information
Paper/Films
Business associate present
Yes
OCR status
Archived

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