KENTUCKYAccidentalHealthcareFinancial ServicesHealthcareMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Health (basic)MediumResolved

CarePlus Health Plans [case 18772]

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 18, 2015

Filed

Oct 6, 2015

To disclose

18 days

Affected

2,873

Confidence

97%

Full breach record for CarePlus Health Plans [case 18772] →

CarePlus Health Plans (KY) reported to HHS OCR on 2015-10-06 an unauthorized access/disclosure affecting 2,873 individuals. On September 11, 2015, 'Late Enrollment Penalty Premium Statements' were mailed to incorrect members after a printing apparatus was accidentally programmed to insert two statements per envelope instead of one. PHI exposed included names, addresses, and identification numbers. Breached information was on paper/films. The CE mailed correct statements, sanctioned the responsible employee, and retrained staff. OCR obtained assurances of corrective actions.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS report on time18 days discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 7 days

discovery → filing · 18 days

Sep 11, 2015

Begins

Sep 18, 2015

Discovered

Oct 6, 2015

Filed

vs. sector median

9 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed2,873 affectedView incident

Name: CarePlus Health Plans [case 18772]
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Industry: Insurance — Health

Name: CarePlus Health Plans [case 18772]
norm: careplus health plans case 18772
Industry: Insurance — Health
Industry: Healthcaresource defaultFinancial Servicesllm

Discovered: Sep 18, 2015
Breach occurred: Sep 11, 2015
Undetected for: 7 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 2,873nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Health (basic)
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Paper / films
Covered-entity type: Health plan
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: HHS OCR breach notification filedOCR obtained assurances of corrective actions
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Mailed correct statements to affected members
Sanctioned the responsible employee
Retrained employees in the printing and correspondence department
Provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, on website, and to the media
Changes made: Corrective actions implemented as confirmed by OCR
Process corrected to prevent double-inserting statements per envelope
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 18 days(18 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS report on timeHHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Sep 18, 2015
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Sep 18, 2015
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Sep 18, 2015 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Sep 18, 2015 → 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 6, 2015
Raw hash: d3c2b5d4767c026766aa3d9cab0b24128c98a34c75edd2b05347166c4ab117f0

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Reporting entityCarePlus Health Plans [case 18772]

Victim entityCarePlus Health Plans [case 18772]

Incidentdiscovered Sep 18, 2015

Stated responseMailed correct statements to affected members

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing