MARYLANDMisuseHealthcareHealthcarePrivilege AbuseCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighResolved

Meritus Medical Center, Inc.

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Jun 26, 2015

To disclose

—

Affected

1,029

Confidence

96%

Full breach record for Meritus Medical Center, Inc. →

Meritus Medical Center, Inc. (MD) reported to HHS OCR on 2015-06-26 an Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 1,029 individuals. An audit revealed that a Walgreens pharmacy vendor employee accessed patient PHI in the electronic health record (EHR) without a business need. PHI exposed included names, dates of birth, medical record numbers, health insurance information, Medicare ID numbers, and clinical information. The CE terminated the employee's access, escorted them from campus, notified HHS, media, and affected individuals, offered credit monitoring, and implemented new technical controls limiting vendor EHR access. OCR obtained corrective action assurances.

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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

Jun 26, 2015

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.Confirmed1,029 affectedView incident

Name: Meritus Medical Center, Inc.
norm: meritus medical center
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Meritus Medical Center, Inc.
norm: meritus medical center
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,029nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Electronic medical record
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access· Walgreens pharmacy employee
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: Partner
Regulator citations: HHS OCR — corrective action plan accepted; assurances obtained
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Terminated vendor employee's EHR access
Escorted vendor employee from Meritus campus
Provided breach notification to HHS, media, and affected individuals
Offered credit monitoring to affected individuals
Implemented new technical controls limiting vendor employee access to a separate system interfacing with the EHR
Changes made: New system restricting vendor employees' access to a limited interface with only patient information relevant to Walgreens' services
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: Jun 26, 2015
Raw hash: 18f8b71a45f01a3737e0aac45f243a9c08f784196b2394f281d37c9b1953c857

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Reporting entityMeritus Medical Center, Inc.

Victim entityMeritus Medical Center, Inc.

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseTerminated vendor employee's EHR access

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing