TENNESSEEAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)LowResolved

Cigna-HealthSpring

bd_4a5b9754bdbea78f · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Jan 30, 2015

Filed

Apr 2, 2015

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

862

Confidence

66%

Cigna-HealthSpring reported to HHS on 2015-04-02 a Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 862 individuals. Breached information located on Paper/Films. An employee accidentally mislabeled envelopes containing health risk assessment surveys mailed to patients.

J jump to incidentP pin to compareR raw source

HIPAA clockDiscovered Jan 30, 2015 → Notified Apr 2, 2015✓ HHS notified9 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 · 9 weeks / 62 days

Jan 30, 2015

Begins

Jan 30, 2015

Discovered

Apr 2, 2015

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed862 affectedView incident

Name: Cigna-HealthSpring
norm: cigna healthspring
Domain: cignahealthbenefits.com
Industry: Insurance — Health

Name: Cigna-HealthSpring
norm: cigna healthspring
Domain: cignahealthbenefits.com
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Jan 30, 2015
Breach occurred: Jan 30, 2015
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 2, 2015
Affected individuals: 862nationwide
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

During the incident: Created new procedures for mailings
Provided training to staff members
Changes made: Created new procedures for mailings
Provided training to staff members
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(62 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS 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 30, 2015
→ Notified: Apr 2, 2015
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Jan 30, 2015 → Notified: Apr 2, 2015	—	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: Apr 2, 2015
Raw hash: 64836cc5f6308d5eae7e636e0cf2bfd181562b943be6c3235358b44064266385

AI-assisted summary above. The structured extract on this page was generated from the document below. Inspect the source to verify or correct any field.

text/html1.4 KB

Download View at source

Reporting entityCigna-HealthSpring

Victim entityCigna-HealthSpring

Incidentdiscovered Jan 30, 2015

Stated responseCreated new procedures for mailings

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing