NEW YORKPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)Medium

EPISCOPAL HEALTH SERVICES INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Jun 25, 2015

To disclose

—

Affected

509

Confidence

50%

Full breach record for EPISCOPAL HEALTH SERVICES INC. →3 incidents on file

On June 25, 2015, Episcopal Health Services Inc. reported a data breach to HHS affecting 509 individuals. The incident was a result of theft by an employee of its business associate, Zotec Partners, LLC, who sold patient data. The compromised information included names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, addresses, and detailed protected health information. In response, the business associate implemented enhanced security controls and training. OCR opened an investigation into the matter.

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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 25, 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.Confirmed509 affectedView incident

Name: EPISCOPAL HEALTH SERVICES INC.
norm: episcopal health
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: EPISCOPAL HEALTH SERVICES INC.
norm: episcopal health
Industry: Health Care Services
Also named: Episcopal Health Services Inc.dba oflegal entity
St. John's Episcopal Hospitaldba oftrade name
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 509nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)
HHS breach type: Theft
Where the data lived: Electronic medical record
Covered-entity type: Healthcare providerBusiness associate involved
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: PartnerFinancial
Regulator citations: OCR opened an investigation of the covered entity (CE)OCR opened a separate investigation of the BA

Changes made: The BA transitioned to an improved billing system that offers more security controls
Implemented software for tracking and monitoring access and user activity
Masked social security numbers from employees whose job duties do not require full access
The BA conducted updated training on the Privacy and Security Rule standards for all employees
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 25, 2015
Raw hash: 4997c3729ae04aa55c72f6b31cd4dcd540c59acde1900542408c77eacc4086f5

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Reporting entityEPISCOPAL HEALTH SERVICES INC.

Victim entityEPISCOPAL HEALTH SERVICES INC.

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseThe BA transitioned to an improved billing system that offers more security controls

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing