WISCONSINPhysicalHealthcareFinancial ServicesHealthcareLossCustomer Data InvolvedBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Health (basic)Identity (basic)LowResolved

Dean Health Plan

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Sep 25, 2015

Filed

Nov 11, 2015

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

960

Confidence

96%

Full breach record for Dean Health Plan →2 incidents on file

Dean Health Plan (WI) reported to HHS on 2015-11-11 a Loss affecting 960 individuals. A mailing containing estimate of payment (EOP) documents was damaged in transit from business associate Emdeon to a bank via UPS. The USPS returned 31 of 148 pages to the CE on September 25, 2015. PHI exposed included dates of service, member names, health plan member ID numbers, and procedure codes. Breached information was located on Paper/Films. OCR investigated and reviewed BA agreement, UPS correspondence, and CE HIPAA policies.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS report on time7 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 · 7 weeks / 47 days

Sep 25, 2015

Begins

Sep 25, 2015

Discovered

Nov 11, 2015

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed960 affectedView incident

Name: Dean Health Plan
norm: dean health plan
Industry: Insurance — Health

Name: Dean Health Plan
norm: dean health plan
Industry: Insurance — Health
Industry: Healthcaresource defaultFinancial Servicesllm

Discovered: Sep 25, 2015
Breach occurred: Sep 25, 2015
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 960nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Loss
Where the data lived: Paper / films
Covered-entity type: Health plan
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Regulator citations: HHS OCR investigated; reviewed BA agreement, UPS correspondence, and CE's HIPAA policies and procedures

During the incident: Breach notification provided to HHS, affected individuals, and the media
CE worked with BA (Emdeon) to develop and implement procedures to reduce the number of paper documents transmitted
Changes made: Reduced paper document transmission procedures implemented in collaboration with Emdeon
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(47 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: Sep 25, 2015
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Sep 25, 2015
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Sep 25, 2015 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Sep 25, 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: Nov 11, 2015
Raw hash: 3f9110af201647187336ed74b78184ec2ec5d6298fb53bff9031e7c9e533ef97

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Reporting entityDean Health Plan

Victim entityDean Health Plan

Incidentdiscovered Sep 25, 2015

Stated responseBreach notification provided to HHS, affected individuals, and the media

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing