WISCONSINAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedIDENTITY_BASICMediumResolved

SSM Dean Medical Group

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SSM Dean Medical Group (operating as SSM Health) reported to HHS OCR on 2017-01-10 an Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting approximately 4,800 individuals. The CE inadvertently sent emails to wrong recipient patients due to an improperly sorted data file. PHI involved included full names only. OCR found the initial breach notification was non-compliant (electronic notice sent without prior individual agreement). As corrective action, the CE sent written first-class mail notices and adopted a procedural checklist for all mass email communications. Breached information located on Email.

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.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed4,800 affectedView incident

Source provenance

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: Jan 10, 2017
Raw hash: 8620423c03c26fa4718bb721e21756873a8c7ab4b12c49404df028d5716a2c4c

Source filing

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Reporting entity

Name: SSM Dean Medical Group
norm: ssm dean medical
Industry: Health Care Services

Victim entity

Name: SSM Dean Medical Group
norm: ssm dean medical
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Incident

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 4,800
Data types: IDENTITY_BASIC
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: OCR investigated the breach notification process and found initial electronic notice was not compliant with the Breach Notification Rule; CE provided corrective action under OCR oversight

Compliance

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

Extraction provenance

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.