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Breach notice filed by UnitedHealth Group (April 2018)

Organization named: UnitedHealth Group 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 Office for Civil Rights breach portal with a submission date of April 10, 2018.

Organization as reported
UnitedHealth Group, MN
Entity type as reported
Health Plan
Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information as reported
Paper/Films
Submission date
April 10, 2018
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13862, row:5001)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

The covered entity (CE), UnitedHealth Group, reported that an employee of its business associate (BA) mistakenly mailed the protected health information (PHI) of 896 individuals to the wrong recipients. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, medical information, and financial and health insurance information. The CE notified HHS and the affected individuals and provided complimentary credit monitoring services. In its mitigation efforts, the BA implemented additional technical safeguards to better protect PHI and retrained its staff on the requirement to safeguard PHI.

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

Figures, per source

  • 896 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date April 10, 2018, 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 13862)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • UnitedHealth Group 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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