MISSOURIAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)LowResolved

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City

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Severity

Low

Discovered

May 5, 2017

Filed

May 5, 2017

To disclose

—

Affected

725

Confidence

70%

Full breach record for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City →3 incidents on file

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City reported to HHS on 2017-05-05 an Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 725 individuals. An error caused PHI, including group health plan numbers and member IDs, to be mailed to wrong recipients. Blue KC notified individuals and media, added quality checks, and re-trained the employee.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS report on time

⚠ filing dateThe stored discovery date equals the regulator filing date, so no genuine detection date was captured.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · ≤1 day / 0 days

May 5, 2017

Discovered

May 5, 2017

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed725 affectedView incident

Name: Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City
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Industry: Insurance — Health

Name: Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City
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Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: May 5, 2017
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 725nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Other
Covered-entity type: Health plan
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted above

During the incident: Notified all affected individuals and media outlets
Added quality checks and secondary reviews for all future mailings
Re-trained the employee
Changes made: Added quality checks and secondary reviews for all future mailings
Re-trained the employee
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: HHS report on timeHHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: filing dateThe stored discovery date equals the regulator filing date, so no genuine detection date was captured.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: May 5, 2017
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: May 5, 2017
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: May 5, 2017 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: May 5, 2017 → 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 5, 2017
Raw hash: ed1013de73f77a6da1f4f3c53c04ecc7c0d493c8c4d5d10f22d595c415cb61dc

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Reporting entityBlue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City

Victim entityBlue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City

Incidentdiscovered May 5, 2017

Stated responseNotified all affected individuals and media outlets

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing