PENNSYLVANIAAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)LowResolved

Department of Human Services, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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Severity

Low

Discovered

—

Filed

Sep 7, 2017

To disclose

—

Affected

517

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Department of Human Services, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania →

Department of Human Services, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania reported to HHS on 2017-09-07 a Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 517 individuals. Breached information located on Other. Printer failed to verify matches between envelope information and contents, causing clients to receive another client's 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

Jul 5, 2017

Begins

Sep 7, 2017

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed517 affectedView incident

Name: Department of Human Services, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
norm: department of human services commonwealth of pennsylvania
Industry: Insurance — Health

Name: Department of Human Services, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
norm: department of human services commonwealth of pennsylvania
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Breach occurred: Jul 5, 2017 – Jul 13, 2017
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 517nationwide
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 reviewed a copy of the CE’s current risk assessment and obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted above

During the incident: Corrected envelope machine configuration setting
Reviewed printer's operating procedures with all operations staff and management
Trained staff
Implemented additional quality controls
Attached helpful reminder signs to printers
Provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Changes made: Reviewed printer's operating procedures with all operations staff and management
Trained staff
Implemented additional quality controls
Attached helpful reminder signs to printers
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: Sep 7, 2017
Raw hash: b85f29a2b1e45f0b6d286d7b8e4b1c5adfb9c68017745e60baf5b3e8f30329df

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Reporting entityDepartment of Human Services, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Victim entityDepartment of Human Services, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

IncidentMisconfiguration

Stated responseCorrected envelope machine configuration setting

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing