FLORIDAAccidentalHealthcareFinancial ServicesHealthcareMisdeliveryBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Health (basic)MediumResolved

WellCare Health Plans, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Jun 30, 2020

To disclose

—

Affected

2,794

Confidence

98%

Full breach record for WellCare Health Plans, Inc. →7 incidents on file

WellCare Health Plans, Inc. (FL, Health Plan) reported to HHS on 2020-06-30 an Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 2,794 individuals. The covered entity's business associate inadvertently released documents containing PHI — including names and diagnoses — to a court. The BA provided additional HIPAA training; the CE notified affected individuals and provided complimentary credit monitoring. OCR obtained assurances of corrective actions. Breached information located on: Other.

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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 — partial

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Breach window unknown

Jun 30, 2020

Filed

No interval is drawn: no breach start or discovery date is on record for this filing.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed2,794 affectedView incident

Name: WellCare Health Plans, Inc.
norm: wellcare health plans
Industry: Insurance — Health

Name: WellCare Health Plans, Inc.
norm: wellcare health plans
Industry: Insurance — Health
Industry: Healthcaresource defaultFinancial Servicesllm

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 2,794nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Health (basic)
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Other
Covered-entity type: Health planBusiness associate involved
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: Partner
Regulator citations: HHS OCR notification; OCR obtained assurances that corrective actions were implemented

During the incident: CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website
BA provided additional HIPAA training to employees regarding the need to safeguard PHI
CE provided affected individuals with complimentary credit monitoring services
Changes made: Additional HIPAA training provided by BA to employees on safeguarding PHI
OCR obtained assurances that CE and BA implemented corrective actions
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: Jun 30, 2020
Raw hash: 8c7a8e3640e118f1cc68e0d7d65c2f11bf089f5520bf60a5171580abc116df64

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Reporting entityWellCare Health Plans, Inc.

Victim entityWellCare Health Plans, Inc.

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseCE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing