Health Plan · Archived
WellCare Health Plans
50,440 individuals · submitted July 16, 2020
About this report
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.
Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.
- Organization
- WellCare Health Plans
- State
- FL
- Entity type
- Health Plan
- Individuals affected
- 50,440
- Submission date
- July 16, 2020
- Breach type
- Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information
- Paper/Films
- Business associate present
- No
- OCR status
- Archived
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