PENNSYLVANIAAccidentalHealthcareFinancial ServicesHealthcareMisdeliveryBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Health (basic)LowResolved

WellSpan Health

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Severity

Low

Discovered

—

Filed

Mar 23, 2017

To disclose

—

Affected

732

Confidence

97%

Full breach record for WellSpan Health →

WellSpan Health (Health Plan, PA) reported to HHS on 2017-03-23 an Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 732 individuals. A software error caused a business associate to misaddress EOB letters, delivering them to unintended recipients. PHI exposed included names, addresses, and clinical/diagnostic information (Paper/Films). The BA implemented a new audit process and retrained staff; OCR reviewed the covered entity's privacy and security policies.

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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

Mar 23, 2017

Filed

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No filing yet · watching

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed732 affectedView incident

Name: WellSpan Health
norm: wellspan health
Industry: Insurance — Health

Name: WellSpan Health
norm: wellspan health
Industry: Insurance — Health
Industry: Healthcaresource defaultFinancial Servicesllm

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 732nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Health (basic)
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Paper / films
Covered-entity type: Health planBusiness associate involved
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: Partner
Regulator citations: HHS OCR reviewed the covered entity's policies and procedures to ensure compliance with the Privacy and Security Rules.

During the incident: Business associate implemented a new audit process for mailings.
Business associate retrained staff members.
Changes made: New audit process for mailings implemented by BA.
Staff retraining conducted by BA.
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: Mar 23, 2017
Raw hash: dc5aa2c507942f9689421bc5cc10a7394eb92f14a8ff3e8771bd88acb9a2a682

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Reporting entityWellSpan Health

Victim entityWellSpan Health

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseBusiness associate implemented a new audit process for mailings.

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing