CALIFORNIAPhysicalHealthcareFinancial ServicesHealthcareTheftBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Health (basic)MediumResolved

KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN, INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 12, 2016

Filed

Apr 22, 2016

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

2,451

Confidence

97%

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

On March 12, 2016, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. (CA) discovered that a truck belonging to its business associate Postage One was stolen, and a pallet of printed 'evidence of coverage' booklets for Inland Empire Health Plan members was missing. The booklets contained names, addresses, and a generic overview of covered benefits for 2,451 individuals. Breach notification was submitted to HHS on 2016-04-22. Remediation included revised mail security policies and workforce training. Breached information located on Paper/Films.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS report on time6 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 · 6 weeks / 41 days

Mar 12, 2016

Begins

Mar 12, 2016

Discovered

Apr 22, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

7 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed2,451 affectedView incident

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

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

Discovered: Mar 12, 2016
Breach occurred: Mar 12, 2016
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 2,451nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Health (basic)
HHS breach type: Theft
Where the data lived: Paper / films
Covered-entity type: Business associate
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: HHS OCR breach notification filed 2016-04-22OCR obtained assurances that the CE and BA implemented voluntary remedial actionsCE provided OCR with additional documentation including HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices Policy
Third party: via Postage Onebusiness associate

During the incident: Breach notification provided to HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Reviewed and revised policies and procedures to require all mail to be unloaded and placed in a secured area monitored 24/7
Trained workforce members on mail security
Changes made: Policies revised to require secure unloading and 24/7 monitoring of mail
Workforce training on mail security protocols
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(41 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: Mar 12, 2016
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Mar 12, 2016
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Mar 12, 2016 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Mar 12, 2016 → 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: Apr 22, 2016
Raw hash: 502757eb41c4353555ad606ad2c53bb99bcd7123ce9c4c963c902e8d63e3959e

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Reporting entityKAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN, INC.

Victim entityKAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Mar 12, 2016

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