NORTH CAROLINAMisuseHealthcareHealthcarePrivilege AbuseBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighContained

Carolina Digestive Health Associates, PA

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Apr 26, 2018

To disclose

—

Affected

10,988

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

69%

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Carolina Digestive Health Associates, PA reported to HHS on 2018-04-26 a Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 10,988 individuals. Breached information located on Electronic Medical Record. An employee impermissibly accessed the system, exposing ePHI including names, addresses, DOBs, and SSNs. The entity sanctioned the employee and implemented safeguards.

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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

Apr 26, 2018

Filed

—

Corroborated · see linked filings

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_ce147a2a510212d32018-04-26Verified

Name: Carolina Digestive Health Associates, PA
norm: carolina digestive health associates
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Carolina Digestive Health Associates, PA
norm: carolina digestive health associates
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 10,988nationwide
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
Regulator citations: Notified HHSOCR provided the CE with technical assistance
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Sanctioned the responsible employee
Implemented additional administrative, technical and security safeguards to better protect its ePHI
Notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Changes made: Implemented additional administrative, technical and security safeguards to better protect its ePHI
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.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Massachusetts State AGApr 26 · first

HHS OCRApr 26 · first · this page

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: Apr 26, 2018
Raw hash: 7f2768fec4020c5a614a82c68e53938912648ac0604d893d73a1bc70f5042802

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCarolina Digestive Health Associates, PA

Victim entityCarolina Digestive Health Associates, PA

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseSanctioned the responsible employee

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing