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Breach notice filed by Geisinger Health Plan (September 2016)

Organization named: Geisinger Health Plan 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 Sept. 7, 2016.

Organization as reported
Geisinger Health Plan, PA
Entity type as reported
Health Plan
Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information as reported
Other
Submission date
Sept. 7, 2016
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14434, row:5573)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

Between July 30, 2016, and August 4, 2016, the covered entity (CE), Geisinger Health Plan, misdirected invoices to the incorrect recipients. The breach affected 2,814 individuals and the protected health information (PHI) involved in the breach included clinical and demographic information. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media, and offered credit monitoring for individuals. It also offered to change the health plan member numbers for affected individuals. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed above.

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

Figures, per source

  • 2,814 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date Sept. 7, 2016, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

Source dates are the dates the sources give. Observation dates are when BreachRecords recorded each revision.

  • Submission date (HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal)
  • Observed by BreachRecords (revision 14434)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • Geisinger Health Plan 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, retrieved from HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC. Archived privately · Provenance · Source page

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