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Breach notice filed by California Physicians Service d/b/a Blue Shield of California (April 2018)

Organization named: California Physicians’ Service d/b/a Blue Shield of California 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 OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) with a submission date of April 13, 2018.

Organization as reported
California Physicians Service d/b/a Blue Shield of California, CA
Entity type as reported
Health Plan
Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information as reported
Email
Submission date
April 13, 2018
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13856, row:4995)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

The covered entity (CE), California Physicians Service d/b/a Blue Shield of California, which is a health plan provider, reported that an employee emailed a third-party insurance broker without authorization. The breach affected 1,717 individuals and the types of protected health information (PHI) included names, addresses, telephone numbers, subscriber identification numbers and Medicare Advantage plan names. The CE provided breach notification to individuals, HHS, and the media. OCR obtained assurances that the CE took voluntary corrective action by sanctioning workforce members and retraining workforce members associated with the violation.

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

Figures, per source

  • 1,717 individuals affected (total reported), as reported by the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals), source date April 13, 2018, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

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  • Submission date at the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals)
  • Observed by BreachRecords (revision 13856)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

Archived evidence

  • 3dbc27dd5742e041cc1e7fe18cc669e2901fbd3b86b7007ed27948ff4d406e1f
    text/csv, 5,530,996 bytes, from the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals), retrieved 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC. Archived privately · Provenance · Source page

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