UTAHAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDMediumResolved

Intermountain Health

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 1, 2009

Filed

Apr 26, 2013

To disclose

43 months

Affected

857

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Intermountain Health →2 incidents on file

IHC Health Services, Inc. dba Intermountain Life Flight reported to HHS on 2013-04-26 a Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 857 individuals. Breached information located on Other. An employee inadvertently uploaded documents containing PHI to an unsecured department website in October 2009.

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HIPAA clockDiscovered Oct 1, 2009 → Notified Apr 26, 20131303d ✗ HHS report late43 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 · 43 months / 1303 days

Oct 1, 2009

Begins

Oct 1, 2009

Discovered

Apr 26, 2013

Filed

vs. sector median

+174 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed857 affectedView incident

Name: Intermountain Health
norm: intermountain health
Domain: intermountainhealthcare.org
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Intermountain Health
norm: intermountain health
Domain: intermountainhealthcare.org
Also named: IHC Health Services, Inc.dba oflegal entity
Intermountain Life Flightdba oftrade name
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Oct 1, 2009
Breach occurred: Oct 1, 2009 – Oct 31, 2009
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 26, 2013
Affected individuals: 857nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Other
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1567 Deception
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: Notified HHSOCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed above

During the incident: Provided timely breach notification to affected individuals, the media, and HHS
Provided substitute notice by posting the breach on its website
Offered affected individuals credit monitoring for one year
Disabled the website
Verified secure data destruction
Conducted an internal investigation and incident response
Performed root cause analysis
Implemented corrective education
Developed a risk-based action plan that encompassed the entire enterprise
Terminated its relationship with its external vendor
Retrained workforce members
Assigned individuals to oversee security responsibility for the department
Implemented procedures to identify and remedy information system resources such as externally managed servers or websites
Changes made: Retrained workforce members
Assigned individuals to oversee security responsibility for the department
Implemented procedures to identify and remedy information system resources such as externally managed servers or websites
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 43 months(1303 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS report late · 1303dHHS 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: Oct 1, 2009
→ Notified: Apr 26, 2013
1303d 60 days HHS report late
HIPAA
Discovered: Oct 1, 2009
→ Notified: Apr 26, 2013
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Oct 1, 2009 → Notified: Apr 26, 2013	1303d	60 days	HHS report late
HIPAA	Discovered: Oct 1, 2009 → Notified: Apr 26, 2013	—	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: Apr 26, 2013
Raw hash: 0ae4d741f5de0f07bdc05ef836e04c02b402fa61a6be1704522fcb48f7cb0e89

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Reporting entityIntermountain Health

Victim entityIntermountain Health

Incidentdiscovered Oct 1, 2009

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

ComplianceHHS report late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing