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Breach notice filed by OptumHealth New Mexico (November 2016)

Organization named: OptumHealth New Mexico Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Loss

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 Nov. 18, 2016.

Organization as reported
OptumHealth New Mexico, MN
Entity type as reported
Health Plan
Category as reported
Loss
Location of information as reported
Other Portable Electronic Device
Submission date
Nov. 18, 2016
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14358, row:5497)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

On September 26, 2016, the covered entity (CE), Optum, learned that an unencrypted portable computer drive (a "USB flash drive") containing the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of approximately 2,006 individuals had been lost or accidentally destroyed within the U.S. Postal Service System after being mailed on September 16, 2016 by Optum’s business associate (BA) Rothstein, Donatelli, Hughes, Dahlstrom, Schoenburg & Bienvenu (a law firm). The ePHI consisted of names, addresses, dates of birth, providers' names, diagnoses, plan ID, as well as partial or full social security numbers for 169 of the individuals. The CE's BA Agreement with the law firm is compliant with the Privacy Rule. As of January 1, 2017, the CE ceased engaging new business with the BA. OCR obtained documentation of this corrective action. OCR is opening a separate review of the BA.

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

Figures, per source

  • 2,006 individuals affected (total reported), as reported by the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals), source date Nov. 18, 2016, 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 14358)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • OptumHealth New Mexico 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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