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Breach notice filed by FirstCare Health Plans (October 2018)

Organization named: FirstCare Health Plans 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 Oct. 12, 2018.

Organization as reported
FirstCare Health Plans, TX
Entity type as reported
Health Plan
Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information as reported
Email
Submission date
Oct. 12, 2018
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13658, row:4797)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

The covered entity (CE), FirstCare Health Plans, reported that an employee sent an email containing the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 8,056 individuals to an external email account. The ePHI involved included names, health insurance information, diagnoses, clinical information, and other treatment information. In its mitigation efforts, the CE sanctioned the workforce member and implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect its ePHI. The CE also retrained its staff on the proper methods of recognizing and responding to fraudulent email communications. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.

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

Figures, per source

  • 8,056 individuals affected (total reported), as reported by the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals), source date Oct. 12, 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 13658)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • FirstCare Health Plans Named as the covered entity Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory Linked 2026-10-19, method provisional.

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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