NEW MEXICOAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareDisposal ErrorMisconfigurationCustomer Data InvolvedBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Health (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

Southern New Mexico Neurosurgery LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Oct 14, 2019

To disclose

—

Affected

11,754

Confidence

95%

Full breach record for Southern New Mexico Neurosurgery LLC →

Southern New Mexico Neurosurgery LLC reported to HHS on 2019-10-14 an Improper Disposal incident affecting 11,754 individuals. The covered entity's former business associate (BA) continued to retain ePHI on its server after termination of the business relationship, and the CE had provided ePHI access without a business associate agreement in place. ePHI involved included names, birthdates, addresses, claims information, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media, and filed a lawsuit against the BA to require deletion of the ePHI. Breached information located on Electronic Medical Record and Network Server.

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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

Oct 14, 2019

Filed

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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.Confirmed11,754 affectedView incident

Name: Southern New Mexico Neurosurgery LLC
norm: southern new mexico neurosurgery
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Southern New Mexico Neurosurgery LLC
norm: southern new mexico neurosurgery
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 11,754nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Improper disposal
Where the data lived: Electronic medical recordNetwork server
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
Threat actor: Partner
Regulator citations: HHS OCR notified
Initial access: trusted_relationship

During the incident: Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Notified media
Filed lawsuit against former BA
Changes made: CE filed lawsuit against former BA to require deletion of ePHI
HHS notified
Affected individuals notified
Media notified
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: Oct 14, 2019
Raw hash: 0dcd360e04984c0a57a9ff5e57eadbaf83f2bb0c61ffd665ce1f5e622943503e

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Reporting entitySouthern New Mexico Neurosurgery LLC

Victim entitySouthern New Mexico Neurosurgery LLC

IncidentMisconfiguration

Stated responseNotified HHS

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing