SOUTH CAROLINAPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)High

PruittHealth Corporation

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Apr 29, 2016

To disclose

—

Affected

1,500

Confidence

50%

Full breach record for PruittHealth Corporation →3 incidents on file

PruittHealth Home Health -- Low Country reported to HHS on April 29, 2016, an unauthorized access incident affecting 1500 individuals. On March 2, 2016, a break-in occurred at the entity's office, where perpetrators gained access to paper medical records containing names, addresses, social security numbers, and other protected health information.

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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

Mar 2, 2016

Begins

Apr 29, 2016

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1,500 affectedView incident

Name: PruittHealth Corporation
norm: pruitthealth
Domain: pruitthealth.com
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: PruittHealth Corporation
norm: pruitthealth
Domain: pruitthealth.com
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Breach occurred: Mar 2, 2016
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,500nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Paper / films
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Initiated a criminal investigation with local law enforcement.
Repaired the door used to gain access.
Changes made: Reviewed and updated policies.
Retrained staff.
Purchased file cabinets with more secure locks.
Initiated a search for a more secure office location.
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: Apr 29, 2016
Raw hash: ab2b8583d53e8b660d9b65899726be73a6927c084c98e8de90cc95a3d49f844a

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Reporting entityPruittHealth Corporation

Victim entityPruittHealth Corporation

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseInitiated a criminal investigation with local law enforcement.

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing