HAWAIIAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

Hawaii Medical Service Association

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Jan 15, 2016

To disclose

—

Affected

10,179

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Hawaii Medical Service Association →

Hawai‘i Medical Service Association reported to HHS on 2016-01-15 a Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 10,179 individuals. Breached information located on Paper/Films. The covered entity mistakenly sent care management letters to incorrect addresses between April and November 2015, exposing names and implied medical conditions.

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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

Apr 1, 2015

Begins

Jan 15, 2016

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed10,179 affectedView incident

Name: Hawaii Medical Service Association
norm: hawaii medical service
Domain: hmsa.com
Industry: Insurance — Health

Name: Hawaii Medical Service Association
norm: hawaii medical service
Domain: hmsa.com
Industry: Insurance — Health
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Breach occurred: Apr 1, 2015 – Nov 30, 2015
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 10,179nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Paper / films
Covered-entity type: Health plan
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: Notified HHSOCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted above

During the incident: Provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Updated its risk analysis and risk management plan
Enhanced physical security
Changes made: Updated its risk analysis and risk management plan
Enhanced physical security
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: Jan 15, 2016
Raw hash: 5e5ea72b54f293ed406ea8758c254f083da42c21e3177fd21e36990986d8f005

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Reporting entityHawaii Medical Service Association

Victim entityHawaii Medical Service Association

IncidentMisconfiguration

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

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing