OREGONAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

Southwest Oregon IPA

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Sep 18, 2018

To disclose

—

Affected

1,449

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Southwest Oregon IPA →

Southwest Oregon IPA reported to HHS on 2018-09-18 a Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 1449 individuals. Breached information located on Paper/Films. The covered entity sent open-faced postcards containing members' names, addresses, and PCP clinics to 1,449 plan members requesting the return of free colon cancer tests. The entity implemented a document control process, ceased using postcards for member mailings, and updated its HIPAA Privacy Manual.

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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 21, 2017

Begins

Sep 18, 2018

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1,449 affectedView incident

Name: Southwest Oregon IPA
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Industry: Insurance — Health

Name: Southwest Oregon IPA
norm: southwest oregon ipa
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Breach occurred: Jul 21, 2017 – Jul 25, 2018
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,449nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (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
MITRE ATT&CK: T1530 Data from Cloud Storage Object
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: Notified HHS

During the incident: Provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Implemented a document control process
Ceased using postcards for member mailings
Updated its HIPAA Privacy Manual to reflect the changes
Changes made: Implemented a document control process
Ceased using postcards for member mailings
Updated its HIPAA Privacy Manual to reflect the changes
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 18, 2018
Raw hash: 578c4b1afa7b6ee4fd60ac1e55f7876517c07d1d68e386e2304948817983b477

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Reporting entitySouthwest Oregon IPA

Victim entitySouthwest Oregon IPA

IncidentUnauthorized Access

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

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing