COLORADOAccidentalHealthcareGovernmentHealthcareMisdeliveryBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Oct 10, 2014

To disclose

—

Affected

15,380

Confidence

98%

Full breach record for Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing →6 incidents on file

On July 30 and September 3, 2014, a business associate of Colorado Department of Health Care Policy & Financing mistakenly sent postcards to approximately 15,380 clients containing viewable PHI, including names, addresses, and references to each client's status as a public assistance client receiving behavioral health care services. Following the breach, the CE and BA ceased postcard communications, implemented new policies and procedures, and conducted privacy training. OCR obtained assurances of corrective action. Breach reported to HHS on 2014-10-10. Breached information located in: Other.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS notified

⚠ no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.

⚠ No discovery dateThe OCR public portal omits the discovery date, so the 60-day notification clock cannot be evaluated from this source — only that the filing was submitted.

Incident timeline

Jul 30, 2014

Begins

Oct 10, 2014

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed15,380 affectedView incident

Name: Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing
norm: colorado department of health care policy and financing
Domain: hcpf.colorado.gov
Industry: Insurance — Health

Name: Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing
norm: colorado department of health care policy and financing
Domain: hcpf.colorado.gov
Industry: Insurance — Health
Industry: Healthcaresource defaultGovernmentllm

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Breach occurred: Jul 30, 2014 – Sep 3, 2014
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 15,380nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Other
Covered-entity type: Health planBusiness associate involved
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: Partner
Regulator citations: HHS OCR breach notification submitted; OCR obtained assurances of corrective action implementation

During the incident: Breach notification provided to HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Ceased using postcards for client satisfaction operations
Implemented new policies and procedures
Counseled and trained the employee responsible for approving the postcard
Provided additional privacy training to all workforce members of responsible departments
Changes made: Discontinued postcard-based client satisfaction communications
New policies and procedures implemented by CE and BA
Employee-level counseling and training
Broader privacy training for all relevant workforce members
OCR assurances of corrective actions received
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: HHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: not extracted
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: not extracted → Notified: not extracted	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://ocrportal.hhs.gov/ocr/breach/breach_report.jsf
DisclosureLens renders the full SEC/HHS filing inline below from the originating regulator’s public record (§4.5 fair report privilege).
Filed at: Oct 10, 2014
Raw hash: 52b082a3a6bf6d7ad17e09bfbe96781c3c1a0c04d1c9ea53c03912b558b4a593

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Reporting entityColorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing

Victim entityColorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseBreach notification provided to HHS, affected individuals, and the media

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing