WISCONSINAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)MediumResolved

SSM Dean Medical Group

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Jan 10, 2017

To disclose

—

Affected

4,800

Confidence

95%

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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.

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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

Jan 10, 2017

Filed

No interval is drawn: no breach start or discovery date is on record for this filing.

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

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

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

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 4,800nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
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

During the incident: Sent written notification to affected individuals via first-class mail in accordance with the HIPAA Breach Notification Rule
Provided OCR with proof of written notification
Provided media notification
Changes made: Instituted a procedural checklist to be followed for all mass email communications
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: Jan 10, 2017
Raw hash: 8620423c03c26fa4718bb721e21756873a8c7ab4b12c49404df028d5716a2c4c

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Reporting entitySSM Dean Medical Group

Victim entitySSM Dean Medical Group

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseSent written notification to affected individuals via first-class mail in accordance with the HIPAA Breach Notification Rule

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing