FLORIDAPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareLossBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountCriticalResolved

Radiology Regional Center

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Severity

Critical

Discovered

Dec 19, 2015

Filed

Feb 12, 2016

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

483,063

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

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Radiology Regional Center, PA reported to HHS on 2016-02-12 a Loss affecting 483,063 individuals. Breached information located on Paper/Films. 12 boxes of patient records fell off a business associate's (Lee County Solid Waste Division) truck on December 19, 2015. PHI included names, SSNs, and financial data.

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HIPAA clockDiscovered Dec 19, 2015 → Notified Jan 12, 201624d ✓ HIPAA individual notice OK8 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 / 55 days

Dec 19, 2015

Begins

Dec 19, 2015

Discovered

Feb 12, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_9c7f320a5e3e27152016-02-16 · +4dVerified

Name: Radiology Regional Center
norm: radiology regional center
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Radiology Regional Center
norm: radiology regional center
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Dec 19, 2015
Breach occurred: Dec 19, 2015
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 12, 2016
Affected individuals: 483,063nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
HHS breach type: Loss
Where the data lived: Paper / films
Covered-entity type: Healthcare providerBusiness associate involved
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed above
Third party: via Lee County Solid Waste Divisionbusiness associate

During the incident: Provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Posted substitute notice on its website
Activated a call center on January 12th, 2016, which provided information about the breach for 90 days
Provided identity protection for one year to the affected individuals
Opened an internal investigation and interviewed all relevant staff and its business associate
Ended its business relationship with the BA, Lee County Solid Waste Division
Changes made: Improved safeguards by changed the process for records’ destruction
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(55 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HIPAA individual notice OK · 24dHHS report on time · 24dHHS 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: Dec 19, 2015
→ Notified: Jan 12, 2016
24d 60 days HIPAA individual notice OK
HIPAA
Discovered: Dec 19, 2015
→ Notified: Jan 12, 2016
24d 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Dec 19, 2015
→ Notified: Jan 12, 2016
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Dec 19, 2015 → Notified: Jan 12, 2016	24d	60 days	HIPAA individual notice OK
HIPAA	Discovered: Dec 19, 2015 → Notified: Jan 12, 2016	24d	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Dec 19, 2015 → Notified: Jan 12, 2016	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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HHS OCRFeb 12 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+4d

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: Feb 12, 2016
Raw hash: 156e90f6c431a70727647319e66d4da4a8a60a9c5801b132b035acf71d2ac8fa

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityRadiology Regional Center

Victim entityRadiology Regional Center

Incidentdiscovered Dec 19, 2015

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

ComplianceHIPAA individual notice OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

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