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TEXASAccidentalHealthcareFinancial ServicesHealthcareMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Health (basic)MediumResolved

Memorial Hermann Health System Employee Group Health Plan

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Jul 20, 2016

To disclose

—

Affected

12,061

Confidence

97%
Full breach record for Memorial Hermann Health System Employee Group Health Plan →

Memorial Hermann Health System (on behalf of its Employee Group Health Plan) reported to HHS OCR on 2016-07-20 an unauthorized disclosure affecting 12,061 plan members. Between December 12, 2015, and May 23, 2016, plan administrator Memorial Hermann Health Solutions impermissibly disclosed PHI — including names, addresses, dates of birth, phone numbers, and member IDs — to primary care physicians with whom members had no existing care relationship. The error originated from a new process implemented in 2014 that was not effectively communicated to Health Plan leadership. Breached information was on Paper/Films.

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

Dec 12, 2015

Begins

Jul 20, 2016

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed12,061 affectedView incident

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.