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 May 12, 2023.
- Organization as reported
- United Healthcare Services, Inc. Single Affiliated Covered Entity, CT
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- May 12, 2023
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10745, row:1884)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), United Healthcare Services, reported that a third-party independent insurance agency fraudulently signed up 1,116 individuals to its Medicare health plan. The CE notified HHS and the affected individuals. The PHI involved included names and health insurance information. In its mitigation efforts, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services to affected individuals and implemented additional administrative safeguards to better protect PHI.