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 Feb. 10, 2017.
- Organization as reported
- Universal Care, Inc. DBA Brand New Day, CA
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Other
- Submission date
- Feb. 10, 2017
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14273, row:5412)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
On February 10, 2017, Universal Care, Inc., DBA Brand New Day, the covered entity, reported to OCR that an unauthorized individual had downloaded electronic protected health information (ePHI) related to the CE's members. The ePHI was on a computer system maintained by a third-party vendor, a business associate (BA). The breach affected the clinical and demographic information of approximately 14,005 individuals. Following the breach incident, the CE obtained assurances from the BA that it had implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to prevent unauthorized access to ePHI in the future. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. It also offered 12 months of free credit monitoring services to the affected individuals. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective action measures described.