FLORIDAPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHighResolved

Access Health Care Physicians, LLC

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Severity

High

Discovered

May 26, 2016

Filed

Jul 19, 2016

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

2,500

Confidence

96%

Full breach record for Access Health Care Physicians, LLC →

Access Health Care Physicians, LLC (FL) reported to HHS on 2016-07-19 a Theft affecting 2,500 individuals. On May 26, 2016, an intruder broke into a physician's locked office and pried open locked file cabinets containing patient financial and clinical records stored on Paper/Films. Exposed data included names, dates of birth, phone numbers, home addresses, diagnosis codes, Social Security numbers, and insurance information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. Remediation included re-securing the office, changing locks, installing alarm systems, and moving inactive records to offsite storage.

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HIPAA clockDiscovered May 26, 2016 → Notified Jul 19, 201654d ✓ HHS report on time8 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 54 days

May 26, 2016

Begins

May 26, 2016

Discovered

Jul 19, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed2,500 affectedView incident

Name: Access Health Care Physicians, LLC
norm: access health care physicians
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Access Health Care Physicians, LLC
norm: access health care physicians
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: May 26, 2016
Breach occurred: May 26, 2016
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 19, 2016
Affected individuals: 2,500nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
HHS breach type: Theft
Where the data lived: Paper / films
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: HHS OCR notified; OCR obtained corrective action assurances

During the incident: Secured the physician's office where the breach occurred
Changed the locks on the office
Installed an alarm system in the affected office
Moved former patient records to a secure offsite storage facility
Conducted a survey of all affiliated physician offices to ensure alarm systems were installed
Changes made: Physical security hardening of all affiliated physician offices
Offsite secure storage for inactive patient records
OCR corrective action assurances obtained
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(54 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS report on time · 54dHHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: May 26, 2016
→ Notified: Jul 19, 2016
54d 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: May 26, 2016
→ Notified: Jul 19, 2016
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: May 26, 2016 → Notified: Jul 19, 2016	54d	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: May 26, 2016 → Notified: Jul 19, 2016	—	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: Jul 19, 2016
Raw hash: e0f51f89aec9d314f1c1d1cd59cbdbb105ae8cc1d4a4385bb35dac7cd8499c84

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Reporting entityAccess Health Care Physicians, LLC

Victim entityAccess Health Care Physicians, LLC

Incidentdiscovered May 26, 2016

Stated responseSecured the physician's office where the breach occurred

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing