CALIFORNIAPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

OptumRx

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Apr 12, 2016

To disclose

—

Affected

7,261

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for OptumRx →5 incidents on file

OptumRx, Inc. reported to HHS on 2016-04-12 a Theft affecting 7261 individuals. Breached information located on Laptop. A Quarles & Brady workforce member's laptop containing PHI (names, addresses, medications) was stolen from a vehicle in Indianapolis on March 16, 2016. The case was consolidated into an investigation of Quarles & Brady, a business associate of OptumRx.

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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

Mar 16, 2016

Begins

Apr 12, 2016

Filed

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_7c4ce7add1b808232016-04-08 · +4dVerified
Montana State AGbd_af34254159aa5a6c2016-04-08 · +4dVerified

Name: OptumRx
norm: optumrx
Domain: optumrx.com
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: OptumRx
norm: optumrx
Domain: optumrx.com
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Breach occurred: Mar 16, 2016
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 7,261nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Theft
Where the data lived: Laptop
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: Provided breach notification to HHSOCR obtained documented assurances from the BA that it implemented the corrective action steps described here

During the incident: Provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Disciplined the workforce member involved by issuing a formal reprimand
Retrained the workforce member
Subjected the workforce member to a period of monitoring
Encrypted all workforce laptops
Sent emails to all workforce members reminding them that storing PHI on a computer hard drive violates its policy
Gave instructions on how to delete PHI from the hard drive
Required all health law attorneys to attest to reviewing all information saved to their hard drives and removing any PHI
Retrained all health law attorneys and staff on the importance of HIPAA compliance for the use of laptops
Changes made: Encrypted all workforce laptops
Sent emails to all workforce members reminding them that storing PHI on a computer hard drive violates its policy
Gave instructions on how to delete PHI from the hard drive
Required all health law attorneys to attest to reviewing all information saved to their hard drives and removing any PHI
Retrained all health law attorneys and staff on the importance of HIPAA compliance for the use of laptops
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.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 2 states

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California State AGApr 8 · first

Montana State AGApr 8 · first

HHS OCR+4d · this page

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 12, 2016
Raw hash: 0358f1102d19d5e427f87a70e54162fa5bc5956d93a22047a7ed217153657f7b

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityOptumRx

Victim entityOptumRx

IncidentUnauthorized Access

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

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing