PENNSYLVANIAAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareDisposal ErrorCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)High

Independence Blue Cross and AmeriHealth New Jersey

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Dec 26, 2014

To disclose

—

Affected

12,450

Confidence

50%

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During an office move, the maintenance team for Independence Blue Cross and AmeriHealth New Jersey improperly disposed of paper records containing the protected health information (PHI) of approximately 12,450 individuals. The PHI included names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and other health-related information. The company provided breach notifications, offered free credit monitoring, and implemented new policies and training for staff regarding proper document disposal.

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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 26, 2014

Filed

No interval is drawn: no breach start or discovery date is on record for this filing.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed12,450 affectedView incident

Name: Independence Blue Cross and AmeriHealth New Jersey
norm: independence blue cross and amerihealth new jersey
Industry: Insurance — Health

Name: Independence Blue Cross and AmeriHealth New Jersey
norm: independence blue cross and amerihealth new jersey
Industry: Insurance — Health
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 12,450nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)
HHS breach type: Improper disposal
Where the data lived: Paper / films
Covered-entity type: Health plan
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: As a result of OCR’s investigation, the CE revised its policies and procedures.

Changes made: Offered one year of free credit monitoring.
Revised policies and procedures for trash disposal.
Sent a reminder to all associates regarding its policies and procedures for proper handling of paper documents.
Sanctioned the employees responsible for the incident.
Initiated plans to provide additional staff training on its HIPAA policies and procedures.
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 26, 2014
Raw hash: 7b80650bcf66a08a1b073bd47afe961492cb32e7e95384d9dc35111baf310946

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Reporting entityIndependence Blue Cross and AmeriHealth New Jersey

Victim entityIndependence Blue Cross and AmeriHealth New Jersey

IncidentMisconfiguration

Stated responseOffered one year of free credit monitoring.

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing