MISSOURIPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)LowResolved

SSM Health (Dr. Syed Khader)

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Apr 13, 2017

Filed

Jun 9, 2017

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

836

Confidence

96%

SSM Health (Dr. Sayed Khader, SSMH Medical Group, DePaul Hospital Clinic) reported to HHS on 2017-06-09 a Theft affecting 836 individuals. Between April 12–13, 2017, a component of an EMG medical device was stolen; it stored PHI including patients' names, dates of birth, chief complaints, and medical record numbers. Breached information located on an 'Other' portable medical device. CE updated policies, retrained staff, encrypted the device, and completed a system-wide Risk Analysis. OCR closed with documented voluntary corrective actions (May 2018).

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS report on time8 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 1 days

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 57 days

Apr 12, 2017

Begins

Apr 13, 2017

Discovered

Jun 9, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed836 affectedView incident

Name: SSM Health (Dr. Syed Khader)
norm: SSM Health
Domain: ssmhealth.com
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: SSM Health (Dr. Syed Khader)
norm: SSM Health
Domain: ssmhealth.com
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Apr 13, 2017
Breach occurred: Apr 12, 2017 – Apr 13, 2017
Undetected for: 1 dayoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 836nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Theft
Where the data lived: Other
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: HHS OCR notified; OCR obtained evidence of updated system-wide Risk Analysis and Risk Management Plan (May 2018); OCR obtained documented assurances of voluntary corrective actions.

During the incident: Breach notification sent to HHS, affected individuals, and the media; substitute notice provided.
Updated policies and procedures relating to safeguarding PHI.
Retrained workforce.
Encrypted the medical device.
Improved physical safeguards.
Updated system-wide Risk Analysis and Risk Management Plan (May 2018).
Changes made: Medical device encrypted post-breach.
Policies and procedures updated.
Workforce retraining conducted.
System-wide Risk Analysis and Risk Management Plan completed and documented.
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(57 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS report on timeHHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Apr 13, 2017
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Apr 13, 2017
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Apr 13, 2017 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Apr 13, 2017 → 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: Jun 9, 2017
Raw hash: 613cce34a5c49cecba1f4b3dbd6901d7d099faeb12e4da64312df5616f37490a

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Reporting entitySSM Health (Dr. Syed Khader)

Victim entitySSM Health (Dr. Syed Khader)

Incidentdiscovered Apr 13, 2017

Stated responseBreach notification sent to HHS, affected individuals, and the media; substitute notice provided.

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing