MisuseHealthcareHealthcareData MishandlingCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDPIIMediumResolved

Emerson Hospital

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 27, 2018

Filed

Mar 8, 2019

To disclose

14 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Emerson Hospital →2 incidents on file

Emerson Hospital notified patients that a third-party payment collection affiliate, MiraMed, transmitted patient files containing names, addresses, and SSNs to an unauthorized third party between May 9-17, 2018. The employee was terminated, law enforcement was contacted, and affected individuals were offered two years of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 202 days

discovery → filing · 14 weeks / 101 days

May 9, 2018

Begins

Nov 27, 2018

Discovered

Mar 8, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

+2 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

HHS OCRbd_991c30d38cb9f4942019-03-08Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_a4da94385672ceb02019-03-08Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_a5e5d6abd7ddb91f2019-03-08Verified

Name: Emerson Hospital
norm: emerson hospital

Name: Emerson Hospital
norm: emerson hospital
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Nov 27, 2018
Breach occurred: May 9, 2018 – May 17, 2018
Undetected for: 202 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 8, 2019
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDPII
Attack vector: Insider
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: Partner
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: MiraMed employee at issue was terminated
Law enforcement was contacted to investigate the case
Offering you a complimentary two-year membership of Experian IdentityWorksSM Credit 3B
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 14 weeks(101 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 3 states

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HHS OCRMar 8 · first

Massachusetts State AGMar 8 · first

New Hampshire State AGMar 8 · first

Montana State AGMar 8 · first · this page

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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/CON-Emerson-Hospital-MT-c.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 8, 2019
Raw hash: 517724fd242873c3d402f33482a17f09a0f647e1e86511064517dd25da54af33

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityEmerson Hospital

Victim entityEmerson Hospital

Incidentdiscovered Nov 27, 2018

Stated responseMiraMed employee at issue was terminated

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov