NEBRASKAAccidentalHealthcareFinancial ServicesHealthcareMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Financial accountMediumResolved

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Dec 3, 2015

To disclose

—

Affected

1,872

Confidence

97%

Full breach record for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska →

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska (NE) reported to HHS on 2015-12-03 an Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 1,872 individuals. A printing error caused explanation of benefit (EOB) forms to be mailed with one member's PHI on the front and another member's PHI on the back. Breached information was on Paper/Films and included financial, demographic, and clinical data. The CE was also acting as a BA for self-insured health plans. Remediation included new printing policies, staff training, and six months of claims monitoring.

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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 3, 2015

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.Confirmed1,872 affectedView incident

Name: Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska
norm: blue cross and blue shield of nebraska
Domain: nebraskablue.com
Industry: Insurance — Health

Name: Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska
norm: blue cross and blue shield of nebraska
Domain: nebraskablue.com
Industry: Insurance — Health
Industry: Healthcaresource defaultFinancial Servicesllm

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,872nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)Financial account
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 — written documentation of corrective action obtained

During the incident: Breach notification sent to HHS, affected individuals, and media
Developed new policy to address mechanical printing errors
Trained printing facility employees on the new policy
Flagged and reviewed claims for six months for any misuse of dental data for affected individuals
Changes made: New printing error policy implemented
Employee training on updated policy
Six-month claims monitoring for dental data misuse
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 3, 2015
Raw hash: 68488dc5fae010b6a50092f64cd345d2faa1866f3a2490f856611b4a1e61dffd

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Reporting entityBlue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska

Victim entityBlue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseBreach notification sent to HHS, affected individuals, and media

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing