INDIANAMisuseHealthcareHealthcarePrivilege AbuseCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighResolved

BEACON HEALTH SYSTEM, INC.

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Severity

High

Discovered

Mar 1, 2014

Filed

May 26, 2017

To disclose

39 months

Affected

1,239

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for BEACON HEALTH SYSTEM, INC. →8 incidents on file

Beacon Health System reported to HHS on 2017-05-26 a Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 1239 individuals. Breached information located on Electronic Medical Record. An employee impermissibly accessed ER patient records.

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HIPAA clock✗ HHS report late39 months 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 · 39 months / 1182 days

Mar 1, 2014

Begins

Mar 1, 2014

Discovered

May 26, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

+157 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1,239 affectedView incident

Name: BEACON HEALTH SYSTEM, INC.
norm: beacon health system
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: BEACON HEALTH SYSTEM, INC.
norm: beacon health system
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Mar 1, 2014
Breach occurred: Mar 1, 2014
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,239nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Electronic medical record
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: Internal
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals and the media
Provided credit monitoring to affected individuals
Sanctioned the employee in accordance with its sanction policy
Changes made: Redrafting its HIPAA training policy
Updating its audit policy
Providing evidence of daily audits and log runs
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 39 months(1182 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS report lateHHS 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: Mar 1, 2014
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report late
HIPAA
Discovered: Mar 1, 2014
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Mar 1, 2014 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report late
HIPAA	Discovered: Mar 1, 2014 → 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: May 26, 2017
Raw hash: ff78f5a2faf702776015ee0fdb88ce8ce8efc6832093f6d47fd08f1dfceba2cb

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Reporting entityBEACON HEALTH SYSTEM, INC.

Victim entityBEACON HEALTH SYSTEM, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Mar 1, 2014

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

ComplianceHHS report late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing