INDIANAAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Financial accountMediumResolved

Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Dec 18, 2015

To disclose

—

Affected

1,708

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana, Inc. →

Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana, Inc. reported to HHS on 2015-12-18 a Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 1708 individuals. Breached information located on Paper/Films. The CE mistakenly mailed PHI to unauthorized individuals following a folder/inserter machine error.

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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

Dec 18, 2015

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.Confirmed1,708 affectedView incident

Name: Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana, Inc.
norm: physicians health plan of northern indiana
Industry: Insurance — Health

Name: Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana, Inc.
norm: physicians health plan of northern indiana
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,708nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Financial account
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Paper / films
Covered-entity type: Health plan
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: Notified HHSOCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions

During the incident: Provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Changes made: Implemented a formal audit checklist that requires independent verification by mailroom personnel
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: Dec 18, 2015
Raw hash: 366e60798f252e4ee3770357ae4651013f8b3b5510241512012a77182cd26a6b

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Reporting entityPhysicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana, Inc.

Victim entityPhysicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana, Inc.

IncidentMisconfiguration

Stated responseProvided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing