DISTRICT OF COLUMBIAPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)MediumResolved

Washington VA Medical Center

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 31, 2016

Filed

May 31, 2016

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

1,062

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for Washington VA Medical Center →4 incidents on file

Washington DC VA Medical Center reported to HHS on 2016-05-31 a Theft affecting 1062 individuals. Breached information located on Paper/Films. Monthly narcotic reports were discovered missing on March 31, 2016. The entity provided breach notification to HHS, media, and affected individuals, and offered credit monitoring.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS notified9 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

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 61 days

Mar 31, 2016

Discovered

May 31, 2016

Filed

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Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1,062 affectedView incident

Name: Washington VA Medical Center
norm: washington va medical center
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Washington VA Medical Center
norm: washington va medical center
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Mar 31, 2016
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,062nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)
HHS breach type: Theft
Where the data lived: Paper / films
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Provided breach notification to HHSOCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed

During the incident: Provided breach notification to HHS, the media, and affected individuals
Offered credit monitoring
Reviewed available closed circuit television footage
Transferred the duties of the Lead Narcotic Inspector to another employee
Changes made: Implemented the corrective actions listed
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(61 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS 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: Mar 31, 2016
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Mar 31, 2016 → 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: May 31, 2016
Raw hash: 0861386c707d331be1f9f40b9eeb5cbcc17397c43c54f9641ce958c4466e739c

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Reporting entityWashington VA Medical Center

Victim entityWashington VA Medical Center

Incidentdiscovered Mar 31, 2016

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

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing