NORTH CAROLINAMalwareHealthcareHealthcarePHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountCriticalContained

EMS Management & Consultants, Inc.

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Severity

Critical

Discovered

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Filed

Aug 10, 2023

To disclose

—

Affected

223,598

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for EMS Management & Consultants, Inc. →

EMS Management and Consultants Inc reported to HHS on 2023-08-10 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 223,598 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. The business associate experienced a ransomware attack compromising PHI including names, addresses, DOB, SSNs, and financial/treatment data. The BA notified HHS, individuals, and media, and implemented additional safeguards.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS notified

⚠ no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.

⚠ No discovery dateThe OCR public portal omits the discovery date, so the 60-day notification clock cannot be evaluated from this source — only that the filing was submitted.

Incident timeline — partial

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Breach window unknown

Aug 10, 2023

Filed

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Corroborated · see linked filings

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitecl0pbd_ed6594d4724922622023-07-26 · +15dCandidate

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_db15b68f979414722023-08-09 · +1dCandidate
Illinois State AGbd_bd14842357930d362023-01-01 · +221dVerified by operator

Name: EMS Management & Consultants, Inc.
norm: ems management consultants
Domain: emsbilling.com
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: EMS Management & Consultants, Inc.
norm: ems management consultants
Domain: emsbilling.com
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 223,598nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Business associate
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified HHS
Third party: via EMS Management and Consultantsbusiness associate

During the incident: Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Notified the media
Posted substitute notice on its website
Changes made: Implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect PHI
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: HHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: not extracted
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: not extracted → Notified: not extracted	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Illinois State AGJan 1 · first

Indiana State AG+220d

HHS OCR+221d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Aug 10 (NC) — a 221-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://ocrportal.hhs.gov/ocr/breach/breach_report.jsf
DisclosureLens renders the full SEC/HHS filing inline below from the originating regulator’s public record (§4.5 fair report privilege).
Filed at: Aug 10, 2023
Raw hash: 5219c8db979eaa128e94306c8df4abf51d655aaa070c493e79c398c445f9876e

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Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityEMS Management & Consultants, Inc.

Victim entityEMS Management & Consultants, Inc.

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing