NEW JERSEYPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial accountPHIHighResolved

Otolaryngology Associates, LLC

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Nov 10, 2017

To disclose

—

Affected

1,551

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for Otolaryngology Associates, LLC →2 incidents on file

Otolaryngology Associates of Central New Jersey, P.C. reported to HHS on 2017-11-10 a Theft affecting 1551 individuals. Breached information located on Paper/Films. Law enforcement notified the CE about unauthorized removal of paper medical records containing names, SSNs, and health data.

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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

Nov 10, 2017

Filed

—

No filing yet · watching

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

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1,551 affectedView incident

Name: Otolaryngology Associates, LLC
norm: otolaryngology associates
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Otolaryngology Associates, LLC
norm: otolaryngology associates
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,551nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial accountPHI
HHS breach type: Theft
Where the data lived: Paper / films
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: InternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Provided breach notification to HHSOCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed

During the incident: Cooperated with law enforcement in the prosecution of the individual who removed the boxes
Sanctioned the staff member who was related to the apprehended individual
Switched to another secure facility to store its paper medical records
Adopted new HIPAA policies and procedures
Re-trained all staff
Changes made: Switched to another secure facility to store its paper medical records
Adopted new HIPAA policies and procedures
Re-trained all staff
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: Nov 10, 2017
Raw hash: cd1040b309c18499cdff97ea5f3a61c9de4659812ae6810fd256a97a8fe9a33e

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Reporting entityOtolaryngology Associates, LLC

Victim entityOtolaryngology Associates, LLC

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseCooperated with law enforcement in the prosecution of the individual who removed the boxes

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing