FLORIDAAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

MOLINA HEALTHCARE, INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Dec 21, 2017

To disclose

—

Affected

1,380

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for MOLINA HEALTHCARE, INC. →7 incidents on file

Molina Healthcare, Inc. reported to HHS on 2017-12-21 a Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 1380 individuals. Breached information located on Other. Error in preparing mailing lists for business associate Merrill Communications resulted in letters with PHI (names, member IDs, dates of service, physician names) being delivered to incorrect beneficiaries.

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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

Oct 13, 2017

Begins

Dec 21, 2017

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1,380 affectedView incident

Name: MOLINA HEALTHCARE, INC.
norm: molina healthcare
Domain: molinahealthcare.com
Industry: Insurance — Health

Name: MOLINA HEALTHCARE, INC.
norm: molina healthcare
Domain: molinahealthcare.com
Industry: Insurance — Health
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Breach occurred: Oct 13, 2017 – Oct 23, 2017
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,380nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Other
Covered-entity type: Health plan
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: Notified HHSOCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions

During the incident: Sent timely breach notification to HHS, the affected individuals, and the media
Offered affected individuals 24 months of free identity theft protection
Conducted an outreach campaign to collect copies of the misdirected mail
Sanctioned and retrained the responsible employees
Changes made: Implemented corrective actions including outreach to collect misdirected mail
Sanctioned and retrained responsible employees
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: Dec 21, 2017
Raw hash: 20ca5c632add23e9af7f85dc0d6b88a318320b410cd15dce95fd7fe42afed3ec

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Reporting entityMOLINA HEALTHCARE, INC.

Victim entityMOLINA HEALTHCARE, INC.

IncidentMisconfiguration

Stated responseSent timely breach notification to HHS, the affected individuals, and the media

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing