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Breach notice filed by Humana Inc. (June 2023)

Organization named: Humana Inc. 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 June 15, 2023.

Organization as reported
Humana Inc., KY
Entity type as reported
Health Plan
Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information as reported
Paper/Films
Submission date
June 15, 2023
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10657, row:1796)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

The covered entity (CE), Humana, reported that an employee inadvertently placed the diagnoses of 9,372 individuals on the outside of mailing envelopes. The PHI involved included names, addresses, and diagnoses. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE revised its policies and procedures, retrained its workforce, and sanctioned the employee responsible for the breach.

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

Figures, per source

  • 9,372 individuals affected (total reported), as reported by the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals), source date June 15, 2023, 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 10657)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • Humana Inc. 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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