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UnitedHealthcare Insurance Company
ArchivedSubmitted 05/01/2024
Updated 13 hours ago ()
- State
- CT
- Covered entity type
- Business Associate
- Individuals affected
- 16,665
- Business associate present
- Yes
- Type of breach
- Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of breached information
- Paper/Films
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Sep 23, 2026
- Last seen in OCR export
- Oct 25, 2026
OCR description
The covered entity (CE), UnitedHealthcare Insurance Company, reported that an employee of its business associate (BA) mailed the protected health information (PHI) of 16,665 individuals to the wrong recipients. The CE notified HHS, the affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE and BA implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards. Staff were retrained.
Change history
- Sep 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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