KENTUCKYAccidentalHealthcareFinancial ServicesHealthcareMisdeliveryBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Health (basic)LowResolved

HUMANA INC.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

—

Filed

Sep 28, 2021

To disclose

—

Affected

948

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

97%

Full breach record for HUMANA INC. →40 incidents on file

Humana Inc. (Health Plan, KY) reported to HHS on 2021-09-28 an Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 948 individuals. A business associate employee inadvertently mailed PHI — including names, addresses, dates of birth, diagnoses, conditions, and other treatment information — to wrong recipients via paper/films. Humana notified HHS and affected individuals; the BA strengthened administrative safeguards in response.

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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

Sep 28, 2021

Filed

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Corroborated · see linked filings

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_37ddc5aea57d8f222021-09-28Verified
HHS OCRbd_a1605c73bc022c402021-10-12 · +14dVerified

Name: HUMANA INC.
norm: humana
Domain: humana.com
Industry: Insurance — Health

Name: HUMANA INC.
norm: humana
Domain: humana.com
Industry: Insurance — Health
Industry: Healthcaresource defaultFinancial Servicesllm

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 948nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Health (basic)
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Paper / films
Covered-entity type: Health planBusiness associate involved
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: Partner
Regulator citations: HHS OCR notified

During the incident: CE notified HHS and affected individuals
Changes made: Business associate strengthened administrative safeguards to better protect PHI
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.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 2 states

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Maine State AGSep 28 · first

HHS OCRSep 28 · first · this page

HHS OCR+14d

Pattern: first filing Sep 28 (ME), last Oct 12 (KY) — a 14-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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 28, 2021
Raw hash: 88c29b09727e315d80d7b75057020b762e1fb0f7db422de776f94da1a6ee8e84

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityHUMANA INC.

Victim entityHUMANA INC.

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseCE notified HHS and affected individuals

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing