MINNESOTAAccidentalHealthcareHealthcarePHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumContained

Optum, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

May 6, 2022

To disclose

—

Affected

1,584

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for Optum, Inc. →7 incidents on file

Optum, Inc. reported to HHS on 2022-05-06 a Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 1584 individuals. Breached information located on Paper/Films. The business associate reported that an employee of its vendor mailed the protected health information (PHI) of 1,584 individuals to incorrect addresses. The PHI involved included names, addresses, claims information, and treatment information. The BA notified HHS, the affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the BA provided complimentary credit monitoring services and implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect PHI.

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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

May 6, 2022

Filed

No interval is drawn: no breach start or discovery date is on record for this filing.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1,584 affectedView incident

Name: Optum, Inc.
norm: optum
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Optum, Inc.
norm: optum
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,584nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Paper / films
Covered-entity type: Business associate
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1530 Data from Cloud Storage
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: Notified HHS
Third party: via Optum, Inc.business associate

During the incident: Notified HHS, the affected individuals, and the media
Provided complimentary credit monitoring services
Implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect PHI
Changes made: Implemented additional administrative and technical 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: May 6, 2022
Raw hash: 4e74e8e48166c81f02d28d56374833ab7ca02121c091053dd4f28120cbcdfa10

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Reporting entityOptum, Inc.

Victim entityOptum, Inc.

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS, the affected individuals, and the media

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing