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MINNESOTAAccidentalHealthcareHealthcarePHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumContained

Optum, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

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Filed

May 6, 2022

To disclose

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Affected

1,584

Confidence

69%

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.

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

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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.Confirmed1,584 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.