MARYLANDMisuseHealthcareHealthcarePrivilege AbuseCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryHEALTH_BASICIDENTITY_BASICIDENTITY_GOVERNMENTHighResolved

Meritus Medical Center, Inc.

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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.

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.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1,029 affectedView incident

Source provenance

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

Source filing

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Reporting entity

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

Victim entity

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

Incident

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,029
Data types: HEALTH_BASICIDENTITY_BASICIDENTITY_GOVERNMENT
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

Compliance

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

Extraction provenance

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.