FEDERALHackingHealthcareHealthcareCustomer Data InvolvedHEALTH_BASICIDENTITY_BASICFINANCIAL_ACCOUNTMedium

Serene Sedation

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An unauthorized user accessed the computer network of a business associate (BA) which stored the financial records of Serene Sedation, LLC (CE). The server contained the protected health information (PHI) of approximately 5,207 individuals, including demographic and financial information. Following the breach, the CE discontinued storing financial records on its BA's networks, and increased its own security by adding encryption. OCR reviewed the CE’s risk analysis and BA agreements and obtained assurances that the CE took immediate steps to increase the security of ePHI by encrypting its computer hard drives, encrypting outgoing e-mails, and using a virtual private network (VPN). The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media.

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.Confirmed5,207 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: Mar 14, 2018
Raw hash: 873d1dd6a9664710bdcc12a683288c0459778eb70500f072286db83d1e9f925c

Source filing

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Reporting entity

Name: Serene Sedation
norm: serene sedation
Industry: Health Care Services

Victim entity

Name: Serene Sedation
norm: serene sedation
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Incident

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 5,207
Data types: HEALTH_BASICIDENTITY_BASICFINANCIAL_ACCOUNT
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Regulator citations: OCR reviewed the CE’s risk analysis and BA agreements.OCR obtained assurances that the CE took immediate steps to increase the security of ePHI.

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.