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UnitedHealth Group health plan single affiliated covered entity
ArchivedSubmitted 06/04/2010
- State
- MN
- Covered entity type
- Health Plan
- Individuals affected
- 16,291
- Business associate present
- No
- Type of breach
- Other
- Location of breached information
- Paper/Films
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- 9/23/2026
- Last seen in OCR export
- 9/23/2026
OCR description
Paper correspondence to certain members in UnitedHealth's prescription drug plans were in advertently sent to the incorrect temporary address due to a database administration error. Approximately 16,291 individuals were affected by the breach. UnitedHealth member's name, plan number and in some instances, date of birth and/or limited medical information. United Health reported that it stopped using PDI's proprietary database for address updates and made outbound verifications calls to members to get accurate temporary addresses. United Health reported that it revised its address update process.
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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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