TEXASAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)LowContained

Sleep Medicine Associates of Texas, P.A.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

—

Filed

Mar 17, 2021

To disclose

—

Affected

994

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for Sleep Medicine Associates of Texas, P.A. →

Sleep Medicine Associates of Texas, P.A. reported to HHS on 2021-03-17 a Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 994 individuals. Breached information located on Paper/Films. A document containing patient names was disclosed to an unauthorized workforce member.

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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

Mar 17, 2021

Filed

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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.Confirmed994 affectedView incident

Name: Sleep Medicine Associates of Texas, P.A.
norm: sleep medicine associates of texas
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Sleep Medicine Associates of Texas, P.A.
norm: sleep medicine associates of texas
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 994nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Paper / films
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: notified HHS

During the incident: Sanctioned the workforce member involved
Re-educated its workforce members on safeguarding protected health information
Notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Changes made: Re-educated its workforce members on safeguarding protected health information
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: Mar 17, 2021
Raw hash: 88aa76ffc4e71cc9cffbf1a799b77f6077dbc09d70f3d98778a9b47f7013c4ed

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Reporting entitySleep Medicine Associates of Texas, P.A.

Victim entitySleep Medicine Associates of Texas, P.A.

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseSanctioned the workforce member involved

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing