NEBRASKAAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Financial accountMediumResolved

Prairie Fields Family Medicine, PC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 1, 2018

Filed

Nov 30, 2018

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

6,450

Confidence

68%

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Prairie Fields Family Medicine, PC reported to HHS on 2018-11-30 a Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 6450 individuals. Breached information located on Email. An employee inadvertently emailed an unencrypted spreadsheet containing PHI to an unintended recipient.

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HIPAA clockDiscovered Oct 1, 2018 → Notified Nov 30, 201860d ✓ HHS report on time9 weeks 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

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 60 days

Oct 1, 2018

Discovered

Nov 30, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed6,450 affectedView incident

Name: Prairie Fields Family Medicine, PC
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Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Prairie Fields Family Medicine, PC
norm: prairie fields family medicine
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Oct 1, 2018
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 30, 2018
Affected individuals: 6,450nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Financial account
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1530 Data from Cloud Storage Object
Threat actor: Internal

During the incident: Provided breach notification to affected individuals
Provided breach notification to the media
Provided breach notification to HHS
Sanctioned the responsible employee
Retrained all staff
Changes made: Implemented an email encryption application for future email correspondence containing PHI
Revised its HIPAA policies and procedures that restrict impermissible uses and disclosures of PHI
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(60 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS report on time · 60dHHS 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: Oct 1, 2018
→ Notified: Nov 30, 2018
60d 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Oct 1, 2018
→ Notified: Nov 30, 2018
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Oct 1, 2018 → Notified: Nov 30, 2018	60d	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Oct 1, 2018 → Notified: Nov 30, 2018	—	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: Nov 30, 2018
Raw hash: fe2c69f5c1573bbced3471c85c98c668354cde7f6362fa0b7fedf41a1b8cd6db

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Reporting entityPrairie Fields Family Medicine, PC

Victim entityPrairie Fields Family Medicine, PC

Incidentdiscovered Oct 1, 2018

Stated responseProvided breach notification to affected individuals

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing