Health Data Breach Tracker/TX

Health Plan · Archived

Superior HealthPlan

3,748 individuals · submitted December 29, 2020

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Superior HealthPlan, reported that an employee of its business associate (BA) inadvertently mailed documents containing the protected health information (PHI) of 3,748 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 quality assurance checks for mailings and retrained its staff on the modified processes.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Superior HealthPlan
State
TX
Entity type
Health Plan
Individuals affected
3,748
Submission date
December 29, 2020
Breach type
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information
Paper/Films
Business associate present
Yes
OCR status
Archived

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