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OptumHealth New Mexico

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Severity

High

Discovered

Sep 26, 2016

Filed

Nov 18, 2016

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

2,006

Confidence

96%
Full breach record for OptumHealth New Mexico →

OptumHealth New Mexico (Health Plan, MN) reported to HHS OCR on 2016-11-18 a Loss affecting 2,006 individuals. An unencrypted USB flash drive containing ePHI was mailed by business associate Rothstein, Donatelli, Hughes, Dahlstrom, Schoenburg & Bienvenu (a law firm) on September 16, 2016 and lost or accidentally destroyed within the USPS system; discovered September 26, 2016. ePHI included names, addresses, dates of birth, provider names, diagnoses, plan ID, and partial/full SSNs for 169 individuals. CE ceased new business with BA as of January 1, 2017; OCR opened a separate BA review.

HIPAA clock✓ HHS report on time8 weeks discovery → filing
⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 10 days
discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 53 days

Sep 16, 2016

Begins

Sep 26, 2016

Discovered

Nov 18, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed2,006 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.