CALIFORNIAMisuseHealthcareHealthcarePrivilege AbuseBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedDelayed DiscoveryPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighResolved

AccentCare Home Health of California, Inc.

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Severity

High

Discovered

Apr 10, 2011

Filed

Apr 10, 2012

To disclose

12 months

Affected

1,000

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for AccentCare Home Health of California, Inc. →

AccentCare Home Health of California, Inc. reported to HHS on 2012-04-10 a Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 1000 individuals. Breached information located on Email. A former employee downloaded and forwarded ePHI (names, SSNs, diagnoses) via personal email. Discovered nearly a year later during a deposition.

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HIPAA clockDiscovered Apr 10, 2011 → Notified Apr 10, 2012366d ✗ HHS report late12 months discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 365 days

discovery → filing · 12 months / 366 days

Apr 10, 2010

Begins

Apr 10, 2011

Discovered

Apr 10, 2012

Filed

vs. sector median

+43 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1,000 affectedView incident

Name: AccentCare Home Health of California, Inc.
norm: accentcare home health of california
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: AccentCare Home Health of California, Inc.
norm: accentcare home health of california
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Apr 10, 2011
Breach occurred: Apr 10, 2010 – Apr 10, 2011
Undetected for: 365 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 10, 2012
Affected individuals: 1,000nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: Notified HHSProvided breach notification to HHS
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Hired a third party to conduct a risk assessment
Followed through with recommended risk management processes
Began working toward obtaining a HITRUST Certification
Changes made: Improved its understanding of the risk analysis and risk management process
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 12 months(366 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS report late · 366dHHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Apr 10, 2011
→ Notified: Apr 10, 2012
366d 60 days HHS report late
HIPAA
Discovered: Apr 10, 2011
→ Notified: Apr 10, 2012
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Apr 10, 2011 → Notified: Apr 10, 2012	366d	60 days	HHS report late
HIPAA	Discovered: Apr 10, 2011 → Notified: Apr 10, 2012	—	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 10, 2012
Raw hash: 5af205492881a25d6dda8184ec2a8532c7d70a43ee0d4f824d3764533fe85fa8

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Reporting entityAccentCare Home Health of California, Inc.

Victim entityAccentCare Home Health of California, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Apr 10, 2011

Stated responseProvided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media

ComplianceHHS report late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing