MISSOURIHackingHealthcareHealthcareCustomer Data InvolvedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Delayed DiscoveryHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighResolved

Midwest Orthopedic Pain and Spine

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Severity

High

Discovered

May 27, 2016

Filed

Jul 26, 2016

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

29,153

Confidence

94%

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Midwest Orthopedic Pain and Spine (MO) reported a Hacking/IT Incident to HHS OCR on 2016-07-26 affecting 29,153 individuals. The CE learned of the breach via FBI notification on May 27, 2016. The suspected vector was a third-party company with database access for patient record transfers. PHI exposed on a network server included names, addresses, dates of birth, SSNs, driver's license numbers, and clinical information. The CE replaced its IT/billing/EMR vendors, deployed new firewalls, began continuous server monitoring, and retrained staff on HIPAA.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS report on time9 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 / 60 days

May 27, 2016

Discovered

Jul 26, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed29,153 affectedView incident

Name: Midwest Orthopedic Pain and Spine
norm: midwest orthopedic pain and spine
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Midwest Orthopedic Pain and Spine
norm: midwest orthopedic pain and spine
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: May 27, 2016
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 29,153nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: HHS OCR notified; OCR obtained documented assurances of corrective action implementation
Initial access: trusted_relationship

During the incident: Notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Changed IT, billing, and electronic medical records vendors
New IT company implemented new internet firewalls
Began continuous monitoring of network server for unauthorized access and malware
Retrained staff on HIPAA
Changes made: Replaced third-party IT, billing, and EMR companies
Deployed new internet firewalls
Continuous server monitoring for unauthorized ePHI access and malware implemented
HIPAA staff retraining completed
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(60 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS report on timeHHS 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: May 27, 2016
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: May 27, 2016
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: May 27, 2016 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: May 27, 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: Jul 26, 2016
Raw hash: 75c610b19d7d5a8d53b9737bb92f22bb4b21e52427a4999b598ec771e7f6bdb8

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Reporting entityMidwest Orthopedic Pain and Spine

Victim entityMidwest Orthopedic Pain and Spine

Incidentdiscovered May 27, 2016

Stated responseNotified HHS, affected individuals, and the media

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing