MASSACHUSETTSAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

Longwood Orthopedic Associates, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Jul 27, 2018

To disclose

—

Affected

10,000

Confidence

97%

Full breach record for Longwood Orthopedic Associates, Inc. →

Longwood Orthopedic Associates, Inc. (MA) reported to HHS on 2018-07-27 an unauthorized disclosure of PHI to a printing vendor, Fenway Printing Group, without a business associate agreement. The breach affected approximately 10,000 individuals and included names, addresses, and medical record numbers. The CE executed a BA agreement, had the vendor destroy the PHI, reviewed all vendor BA agreements, and revised its HIPAA training program.

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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

Jul 27, 2018

Filed

No interval is drawn: no breach start or discovery date is on record for this filing.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed10,000 affectedView incident

Name: Longwood Orthopedic Associates, Inc.
norm: longwood orthopedic associates
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Longwood Orthopedic Associates, Inc.
norm: longwood orthopedic associates
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 10,000nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective action steps noted above

During the incident: Provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Ensured that the BA securely destroyed the PHI
Changes made: Executed a BA agreement with Fenway Printing Group
Reviewed all of its existing vendors to ensure the existence of executed BA agreements where necessary
Reviewed and revised its HIPAA training program
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: Jul 27, 2018
Raw hash: b3d47dc21d93017a7ffbb05089099fb6a9a5486438013b7ce1e8b75e087b31b6

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Reporting entityLongwood Orthopedic Associates, Inc.

Victim entityLongwood Orthopedic Associates, Inc.

IncidentMisconfiguration

Stated responseProvided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing