NEW JERSEYAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisdeliveryProgramming ErrorCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Medium

Medco Health Solutions, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Feb 13, 2012

To disclose

—

Affected

1,287

Confidence

50%

Full breach record for Medco Health Solutions, Inc. →

Medco Health Solutions, Inc. reported to HHS on 2012-02-13 a breach affecting 1,287 individuals. The incident involved letters containing protected health information (names, medication names, and prescription numbers) being mailed to incorrect addresses due to a software programming error. The breached information was on paper.

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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

Feb 13, 2012

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.Confirmed1,287 affectedView incident

Name: Medco Health Solutions, Inc.
norm: medco health
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Medco Health Solutions, Inc.
norm: medco health
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,287nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Theft
Where the data lived: Paper / films
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: Provided breach notification to HHSOCR investigation

During the incident: Immediately ceased using the update to its mailing software system
Changes made: Corrected the update to its mailing software system
Established a manual quality check process
Implemented the use of a daily automated surveillance system for its mailing software
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: Feb 13, 2012
Raw hash: f8d16f2f12d1bd26cb9f260cd33454b81aa5bf64b9cc7415f761dfeec526eac3

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Reporting entityMedco Health Solutions, Inc.

Victim entityMedco Health Solutions, Inc.

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseImmediately ceased using the update to its mailing software system

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing