WASHINGTONAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareDisposal ErrorBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)LowResolved

Western Washington Medical Group

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Severity

Low

Discovered

—

Filed

Jan 12, 2018

To disclose

—

Affected

842

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for Western Washington Medical Group →2 incidents on file

Western Washington Medical Group Inc. reported to HHS on 2018-01-12 a Improper Disposal affecting 842 individuals. Breached information located on Paper/Films. A janitorial service comingled shredded PHI with regular trash, exposing patient names, addresses, birthdates, and medical data. The entity provided breach notification, identity theft protection, and retrained staff.

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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 12, 2018

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.Confirmed842 affectedView incident

Name: Western Washington Medical Group
norm: western washington medical
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Western Washington Medical Group
norm: western washington medical
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 842nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Improper disposal
Where the data lived: Paper / films
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted above

During the incident: Provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Provided a toll-free number and free identity theft protection services
Required the contractor to remind staff not to dispose of the documents in the shred bins
Retrained staff specific to HIPAA
Changes made: Retrained staff specific to HIPAA
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 12, 2018
Raw hash: 1b864fa50c4ded9a0cd08b255a3dcaec67c3483fb7650402f3b218dd2ad4a13e

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Reporting entityWestern Washington Medical Group

Victim entityWestern Washington Medical Group

IncidentMisconfiguration

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

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing