- State
- FL
- Covered entity type
- Health Plan
- Individuals affected
- 50,440
- Business associate present
- No
- Type of breach
- Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of breached information
- Paper/Films
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- 9/23/2026
- Last seen in OCR export
- 9/23/2026
OCR description
WellCare Health Plans, Inc., the covered entity (CE), reported that multiple employees mailed the protected health information (PHI) of 50,440 individuals to the wrong recipients. The PHI involved included names and medication information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. The CE also provided one year of complimentary credit monitoring services to those affected. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative safeguards to better protect its PHI. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.
Change history
- 9/23/2026Added to OCR's archive list
Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights, Breach Portal. Records are reproduced as published; entity names and figures are OCR's.