WISCONSINAccidentalHealthcareFinancial ServicesHealthcareMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

Dean Health Plan

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 7, 2018

Filed

Jun 15, 2018

To disclose

8 days

Affected

1,311

Confidence

97%

Full breach record for Dean Health Plan →2 incidents on file

Dean Health Plan (WI, Health Plan) reported to HHS on 2018-06-15 an Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 1,311 individuals. On June 7, 2018, the CE discovered that due to human error it sent reminder letters to wrong addresses, exposing patients' names and their primary care facilities (PHI on Paper/Films). Staff were required to review document delivery policies. OCR obtained documented assurances of corrective action implementation.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS report on time8 days 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

discovery → filing · 8 days

Jun 7, 2018

Discovered

Jun 15, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

11 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1,311 affectedView incident

Name: Dean Health Plan
norm: dean health plan
Industry: Insurance — Health

Name: Dean Health Plan
norm: dean health plan
Industry: Insurance — Health
Industry: Healthcaresource defaultFinancial Servicesllm

Discovered: Jun 7, 2018
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,311nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Paper / films
Covered-entity type: Health plan
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: OCR obtained documented assurances that the CE implemented corrective action steps.
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Required staff to review its policy on document delivery.
Ensured accuracy of information leaving its business area, including names and addresses.
Provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media.
Changes made: Policy review on document delivery enforced for all staff.
Corrective action steps documented and confirmed by OCR.
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 days(8 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS report on timeHHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: 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.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Jun 7, 2018
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Jun 7, 2018
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Jun 7, 2018 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Jun 7, 2018 → 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: Jun 15, 2018
Raw hash: 27e4d2bfc9b74feedb1221ec15ab547297fb7b306097fcbe132c518e3699a7d0

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Reporting entityDean Health Plan

Victim entityDean Health Plan

Incidentdiscovered Jun 7, 2018

Stated responseRequired staff to review its policy on document delivery.

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing