CALIFORNIAAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

L.A. Care Health Plan

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Oct 22, 2012

To disclose

—

Affected

18,000

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for L.A. Care Health Plan →6 incidents on file

L.A. Care Health Plan reported to HHS on 2012-10-22 a breach involving an accidental mailing error affecting 18,000 individuals. Member ID cards were mailed to the wrong addresses, exposing names, dates of birth, addresses, and zip codes. Information was located on Paper/Films. The entity notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media, and revised its mailing processes.

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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 — partial

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Breach window unknown

Oct 22, 2012

Filed

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Corroborated · see linked filings

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_c5c00e75c2c486ed2012-10-22Candidate

Name: L.A. Care Health Plan
norm: la care health plan
Domain: lacare.org
Industry: Insurance — Health

Name: L.A. Care Health Plan
norm: la care health plan
Domain: lacare.org
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 18,000nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Other
Where the data lived: Paper / films
Covered-entity type: Health plan
Attack vector: Unknown
Regulator citations: Provided breach notification to HHSOCR provided technical assistance regarding a covered entity’s obligation to conduct an accurate and thorough risk analysis and implement security measures sufficient to reduce those risks and vulnerabilities identified in the analysis

During the incident: Provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Edited the case numbering and address verification process for print and mail jobs with its vendor
Revised its policies and procedures to exclude ID cards from the annual member mailing
Changes made: Revised policies and procedures to exclude ID cards from the annual member mailing
Edited case numbering and address verification process for print and mail jobs with its vendor
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.

Filing propagation · 2 filings

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California State AGOct 22 · first

HHS OCROct 22 · first · this page

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 22, 2012
Raw hash: 45f6d2177c759991cf7fa8b3d03272bf2f8e739ab22041d0733539afa9d7f835

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityL.A. Care Health Plan

Victim entityL.A. Care Health Plan

IncidentUnknown

Stated responseProvided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing