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HealthPartners Inc

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 21, 2014

Filed

Mar 21, 2014

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

27,839

Confidence

95%

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HealthPartners Inc (MN, Health Plan) reported to HHS on 2014-03-21 an Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 27,839 individuals. On January 21, 2014, an employee's husband accessed devices containing PHI while assisting her with telework tasks — formatting data and creating spreadsheet reports — thereby impermissibly receiving demographic and clinical information of 37,606 individuals (broader internal count). Breached information was located on Desktop Computer, Laptop, and Other Portable Electronic Device. HealthPartners implemented corrective measures including updated policies, employee training, encryption, removable-media controls, and network access restrictions. OCR obtained documented assurances of compliance.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS report on time8 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 59 days

Jan 21, 2014

Begins

Jan 21, 2014

Discovered

Mar 21, 2014

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed27,839 affectedView incident

Name: HealthPartners Inc
norm: healthpartners
Domain: healthpartners.com
Industry: Insurance — Health

Name: HealthPartners Inc
norm: healthpartners
Domain: healthpartners.com
Industry: Insurance — Health
Industry: Healthcaresource defaultFinancial Servicesllm

Discovered: Jan 21, 2014
Breach occurred: Jan 21, 2014
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 27,839nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Desktop computerLaptopPortable electronic device
Covered-entity type: Health plan
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: HHS OCR — corrective action plan accepted; OCR obtained documented assurances of implementation
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Updated confidentiality and teleworking policies
Trained employees and incorporated refresher training into new employee orientation
Implemented encryption software for remote access
Limited employees who can write to encrypted removable media
Implemented monitoring of ePHI transferred to encrypted removable media
Implemented controls to prevent non-company devices from accessing production network
Changes made: Updated confidentiality and teleworking policies
Employee training and new-hire orientation refresher
Encryption software deployed for remote/telework access
Removable media write restrictions and monitoring
Network access controls blocking non-company devices
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(59 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS report on timeHHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Jan 21, 2014
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Jan 21, 2014
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Jan 21, 2014 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Jan 21, 2014 → 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: Mar 21, 2014
Raw hash: 9650bfee4cbc086996fcb735df7106312db9c519d875fa17770655cebc4b7fa8

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Reporting entityHealthPartners Inc

Victim entityHealthPartners Inc

Incidentdiscovered Jan 21, 2014

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

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing