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Breach notice filed by Group Health Incorporated (January 2013)

Organization named: Group Health Incorporated Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Theft

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 Jan. 2, 2013.

Organization as reported
Group Health Incorporated, NY
Entity type as reported
Health Plan
Category as reported
Theft
Location of information as reported
Paper/Films
Submission date
Jan. 2, 2013
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 15498, row:6637)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

OCR opened an investigation of the covered entity (CE), Group Health Insurance, after it reported that postcard reminders were sent to 1,771 subscribers. The protected health information (PHI) involved included social security numbers within a series of other numbers inscribed on the outside of the postcard. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, the media, and affected individuals, and posted substitute notice on its website. Upon discovery of the breach, the CE suspended its mailing in order to verify subscriber information to ensure pending and completed projects did not contain social security numbers. As a result of OCR's investigation, the CE modified its mailing procedures to prevent similar disclosures from recurring in the future and retrained staff on its modified mailing procedure. The CE provided affected individuals with a free one year subscription for credit monitoring. \ \

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

Figures, per source

  • 1,771 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date Jan. 2, 2013, 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 15498)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • Group Health Incorporated 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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