FLORIDAMisuseHealthcareHealthcarePrivilege AbuseCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)HighResolved

Florida Digestive Health Specialists

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Dec 9, 2013

To disclose

—

Affected

4,400

Confidence

96%

Full breach record for Florida Digestive Health Specialists →4 incidents on file

Florida Digestive Health Specialists (FL) reported to HHS on 2013-12-09 an Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 4,400 individuals. A patient scheduler impermissibly accessed the EHR system via VPN, photographed patient records (names, addresses, DOBs, SSNs, phone numbers), and attempted to print them at Wal-Mart. The County Sheriff investigated; the insider was terminated. CE updated policies, restricted VPN access, instituted weekly EHR audits, and retrained staff. OCR provided technical assistance on breach notification requirements. Breached information located on Desktop Computer.

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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

Dec 9, 2013

Filed

—

No filing yet · watching

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

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed4,400 affectedView incident

Name: Florida Digestive Health Specialists
norm: florida digestive health specialists
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Florida Digestive Health Specialists
norm: florida digestive health specialists
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 4,400nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Desktop computer
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: HHS OCR investigation initiatedCE received technical assistance on complete breach notification requirements from OCRCounty Sheriff investigated suspect behavior at Wal-Mart
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Workforce member discharged and EHR access terminated
Partial breach notification provided to affected individuals, HHS, media, and via substitute notice on website
Privacy and security plan and employee handbook updated
VPN access restricted to providers and administrators
Routine weekly audits of EHR system use instituted
Office manager and provider retrained following OCR review
Changes made: Terminated insider's access to EHR system
Updated privacy and security plan
Limited VPN access to providers and administrators
Implemented weekly EHR audit routines
Conducted retraining of relevant staff post-OCR review
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.

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: Dec 9, 2013
Raw hash: a83ac3ffe2b8042d42044f4d40da835af6fa0d60ab644ef4c4ed357401f447f1

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Reporting entityFlorida Digestive Health Specialists

Victim entityFlorida Digestive Health Specialists

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseWorkforce member discharged and EHR access terminated

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing