MINNESOTAAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

MEDICA INSURANCE COMPANY

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Dec 11, 2020

To disclose

—

Affected

4,492

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for MEDICA INSURANCE COMPANY →2 incidents on file

Medica Central Insurance Company reported to HHS on 2020-12-11 an Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 4,492 individuals. An employee mailed PHI (names and health insurance info) to wrong recipients. Breached information located on Paper/Films. The CE centralized mail processes and implemented new 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

Dec 11, 2020

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.Confirmed4,492 affectedView incident

Name: MEDICA INSURANCE COMPANY
norm: medica insurance
Industry: Insurance — Health

Name: MEDICA INSURANCE COMPANY
norm: medica insurance
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 4,492nationwide
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: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: Notified HHS

During the incident: Centralized its outgoing mail process
Implemented policies, procedures, and job aids for the relevant workforce
Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Notified the media
Changes made: Centralized its outgoing mail process
Implemented policies, procedures, and job aids for the relevant workforce
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: Dec 11, 2020
Raw hash: b52f8fb266d8fe9a64daad8baacec83d7004aa08a2514aa9cfc43fb37e58f09e

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Reporting entityMEDICA INSURANCE COMPANY

Victim entityMEDICA INSURANCE COMPANY

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseCentralized its outgoing mail process

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing