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 June 30, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- WellCare Health Plans, Inc., FL
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Other
- Submission date
- June 30, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12802, row:3941)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
WellCare Health Plans, Inc., the covered entity (CE), reported that its business associate (BA) released documents containing the protected health information (PHI) of 2,794 individuals to a court. The PHI involved included names and diagnoses. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In response to the breach, the BA provided additional HIPAA training to employees regarding the need to safeguard PHI. The CE provided affected individuals with complimentary credit monitoring services. OCR obtained assurances that the CE and BA implemented the corrective actions noted.