CALIFORNIAAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)LowResolved

KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN, INC.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

—

Filed

Dec 22, 2017

To disclose

—

Affected

638

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN, INC. →15 incidents on file

Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. reported to HHS on 2017-12-22 a Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 638 individuals. Breached information located on Paper/Films. The breach involved impermissible disclosure of PHI (names, medications) due to a mail merge quality assurance flaw.

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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

Dec 22, 2017

Filed

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Corroborated · see linked filings

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

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_d3fa6585fbb921e82017-12-28 · +6dVerified by operator

Name: KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN, INC.
norm: kaiser foundation health plan
Domain: healthy.kaiserpermanente.org
Industry: Insurance — Health

Name: KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN, INC.
norm: kaiser foundation health plan
Domain: healthy.kaiserpermanente.org
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 638nationwide
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: Reported breach to HHS

During the incident: Strengthened its quality assurance process for mail merging
Provided training on the revised process
Provided refresher HIPAA training on protecting the privacy and security of PHI
Changes made: Strengthened its quality assurance process for mail merging
Provided training on the revised process
Provided refresher HIPAA training on protecting the privacy and security of PHI
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 · 2 filings

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HHS OCRDec 22 · first · this page

California State AG+6d

Pattern: first filing Dec 22 (CA), last Dec 28 (CA) — a 6-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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: Dec 22, 2017
Raw hash: 0ed2c28744ad9512efbfe854448b4f9f3a932fe711ba82226f7070b30c75ac8c

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityKAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN, INC.

Victim entityKAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN, INC.

IncidentMisconfiguration

Stated responseStrengthened its quality assurance process for mail merging

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing