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Breach notice filed by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City (May 2017)

Organization named: Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Unauthorized Access/Disclosure

What the sources say

HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice

Posted on the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal with a submission date of May 5, 2017.

Organization as reported
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City, MO
Entity type as reported
Health Plan
Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information as reported
Other
Submission date
May 5, 2017
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14192, row:5331)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City (Blue KC), the covered entity (CE), discovered that an error caused protected health information (PHI) to be mailed to the wrong recipients. This breach affected 725 individuals. The PHI involved included group health plan numbers and member identification numbers. Blue KC notified all affected individuals and media outlets. To prevent future incidents of this nature, Blue KC added quality checks and secondary reviews for all future mailings. The employee was re-trained. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted above.

The source's own words, from the revision above.

Figures, per source

  • 725 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date May 5, 2017, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

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  • Submission date (HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal)
  • Observed by BreachRecords (revision 14192)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

Archived evidence

  • 3dbc27dd5742e041cc1e7fe18cc669e2901fbd3b86b7007ed27948ff4d406e1f
    text/csv, 5,530,996 bytes, retrieved from HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC. Archived privately · Provenance · Source page

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