Health Data Breach Tracker/AL

Health Plan · Archived

Public Education Employees' Health Insurance Plan d/b/a PEEHIP

1,248 individuals · submitted January 22, 2021

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Public Education Employees’ Health Insurance Plan, reported that it inadvertently sent the protected health information of 1,248 individuals to the wrong recipients. The PHI involved included names, addresses, and health insurance information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards and retrained its staff. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Public Education Employees' Health Insurance Plan d/b/a PEEHIP
State
AL
Entity type
Health Plan
Individuals affected
1,248
Submission date
January 22, 2021
Breach type
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information
Paper/Films
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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