IOWAAccidentalHealthcareFinancial ServicesGovernmentHealthcareDisposal ErrorCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial accountHighResolved

Iowa Department of Health and Human Services

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Jan 27, 2020

To disclose

—

Affected

4,501

Confidence

98%

Full breach record for Iowa Department of Health and Human Services →9 incidents on file

Iowa Department of Human Services reported to HHS on 2020-01-27 an Improper Disposal breach affecting 4,501 individuals. An employee of the entity's custodial vendor improperly disposed of documents containing PHI. Breached information was located on Paper/Films and included names, addresses, dates of birth, driver's license information, Social Security numbers, diagnoses/conditions, medications, health insurance information, and financial data. OCR investigated and obtained assurances that corrective actions — including physical and administrative safeguards — were implemented. Credit monitoring was offered to affected individuals.

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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

Jan 27, 2020

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.Confirmed4,501 affectedView incident

Name: Iowa Department of Health and Human Services
norm: iowa department of health and human
Industry: Insurance — Health

Name: Iowa Department of Health and Human Services
norm: iowa department of health and human
Industry: Insurance — Health
Industry: Healthcaresource defaultFinancial ServicesllmGovernmentllm

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 4,501nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial account
HHS breach type: Improper disposal
Where the data lived: Paper / films
Covered-entity type: Health plan
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
Threat actor: Partner
Regulator citations: HHS OCR investigation conducted; assurances obtained that corrective actions were implemented

During the incident: Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Notified the media
Provided toll-free number for questions or concerns
Offered complimentary credit monitoring services for affected individuals
Changes made: Implemented physical safeguards to better protect PHI
Implemented 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: Jan 27, 2020
Raw hash: 53518629721e4ead8a1df019f09df43f1aed85d34ff4cd7dcce6d92af7698d41

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Reporting entityIowa Department of Health and Human Services

Victim entityIowa Department of Health and Human Services

IncidentMisconfiguration

Stated responseNotified HHS

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing