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 April 15, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- Medica Health Plans, MN
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Paper/Films
- Submission date
- April 15, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12916, row:4055)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Medica Health Plans, reported that its business associate (BA), OptumInsight, impermissibly mailed the protected health information (PHI) of 1,710 individuals to the wrong recipients. The PHI involved included names, birthdates, medications prescribed, health insurance information, clinical information, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. The BA corrected the error and retrained its staff.