COAccidentalHealthcareFinancial ServicesGovernmentHealthcareMisdeliveryBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedIDENTITY_BASICIDENTITY_GOVERNMENTHEALTH_BASICFINANCIALHighResolved

Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing

bd_12b4a28100ad123b · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Full breach record for Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing →

Between May 25, 2015 and July 5, 2015, the Governors' Office of Technology (a business associate) sent PHI-containing letters to the wrong Medical Assistance Program clients due to a technical error in their computer system. Affected data included names, addresses, state ID numbers, Medicaid case numbers, employer names, income amounts, Advanced Premium Tax Credit amounts, program approvals/denials, and dates of birth. Up to 3,537 individuals were impacted; 1,622 reported to HHS. Deloitte (subcontractor) fixed the Colorado Benefits Management System software and added mailing QC controls. OCR obtained written corrective-action assurances. Location of breached info: Paper/Films.

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.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1,622 affectedView incident

Source provenance

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: Aug 18, 2015
Raw hash: b3b116486dc01a9d8bd81852d0081d685c3ff81abddfbcfd49c60a7b6d8d55d4

Source filing

AI-assisted summary above. The structured extract on this page was generated from the document below. Inspect the source to verify or correct any field.

text/html2.2 KB

Download View at source

Reporting entity

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

Victim entity

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 defaultFinancial ServicesllmGovernmentllm

Incident

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,622
Data types: IDENTITY_BASICIDENTITY_GOVERNMENTHEALTH_BASICFINANCIAL
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access· Governors' Office of Technology; Deloitte
Threat actor: Partner
Regulator citations: OCR obtained written assurances that the CE, BA and its subcontractor implemented corrective actions.
Third party: via Governors' Office of Technology (BA); Deloitte (subcontractor)

Compliance

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

Extraction provenance

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.