PENNSYLVANIAAccidentalHealthcareFinancial ServicesHealthcareMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

Geisinger Health Plan

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Feb 28, 2021

To disclose

—

Affected

2,872

Confidence

96%

Full breach record for Geisinger Health Plan →3 incidents on file

Geisinger Health Plan (PA) reported to HHS on 2021-02-28 an Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 2,872 individuals. Due to a mailing error, PHI was viewable on a cover letter sent to recipients. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. Mitigation included implementing additional administrative safeguards to better protect PHI. Breached information was located on Paper/Films.

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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

Feb 28, 2021

Filed

—

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.Confirmed2,872 affectedView incident

Name: Geisinger Health Plan
norm: geisinger health plan
Industry: Insurance — Health

Name: Geisinger Health Plan
norm: geisinger health plan
Industry: Insurance — Health
Industry: Healthcaresource defaultFinancial Servicesllm

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 2,872nationwide
Data types: Health (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: HHS OCR notified

During the incident: Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Notified media
Changes made: Implemented additional administrative safeguards to better protect 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.

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: Feb 28, 2021
Raw hash: d0500fa08a0f145941d9be589c0dd9553b3ef68cab7e8417029b058830a3b7f9

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Reporting entityGeisinger Health Plan

Victim entityGeisinger Health Plan

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing