- State
- MN
- Covered entity type
- Health Plan
- Individuals affected
- 896
- 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
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.
Change history
- 9/23/2026Added to OCR's archive list
Source: HHS OCR Breach Portal, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights about this source
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