- State
- IA
- Covered entity type
- Health Plan
- Individuals affected
- 6,666
- Business associate present
- No
- 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), Wellmark Health Insurance, reported that an employee mailed the protected health information (PHI) of 6,666 individuals to the wrong recipients. The PHI involved included clinical information. The CE notified HHS, the media, and the affected individuals. In response to the breach, the CE retrained workforce members to better protect its PHI.
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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