CALIFORNIAPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)MediumResolved

Imperial Valley Family Care Medical Group, APC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 21, 2015

Filed

May 13, 2016

To disclose

14 months

Affected

649

Confidence

98%

Full breach record for Imperial Valley Family Care Medical Group, APC →2 incidents on file

Imperial Valley Family Care Medical Group, APC (CA) reported to HHS on 2016-05-13 a Theft affecting 649 individuals. On March 21, 2015, an unknown individual broke into a physician's office and stole a laptop containing PHI including names, addresses, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, and clinical information. The CE disabled server access, notified affected individuals and the media, offered one year of free credit monitoring, encrypted all company-issued laptops, and improved physical safeguards per OCR assurances. Breached information located on Laptop.

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HIPAA clock✗ HHS report late14 months discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 14 months / 419 days

Mar 21, 2015

Begins

Mar 21, 2015

Discovered

May 13, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

+48 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed649 affectedView incident

Name: Imperial Valley Family Care Medical Group, APC
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Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Imperial Valley Family Care Medical Group, APC
norm: imperial valley family care medical group apc
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Mar 21, 2015
Breach occurred: Mar 21, 2015
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 649nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)
HHS breach type: Theft
Where the data lived: Laptop
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: HHS OCR notified per Breach Notification RuleOCR obtained assurances that the CE improved physical safeguards, revised its encryption policy, and strengthened its password requirements for electronic systems or devices containing electronic PHI

During the incident: Disabled network server access by the stolen laptop
Notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Offered affected individuals one year of free credit monitoring
Encrypted all company-issued laptops
Changes made: Improved physical safeguards
Revised encryption policy
Strengthened password requirements for electronic systems or devices containing electronic PHI
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 14 months(419 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS report lateHHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Mar 21, 2015
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report late
HIPAA
Discovered: Mar 21, 2015
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Mar 21, 2015 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report late
HIPAA	Discovered: Mar 21, 2015 → 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 13, 2016
Raw hash: e0376be298e721cae6e885f8b4c5e4b76e2f0dbe0c11d7c0924df46cd4f9d2c1

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Reporting entityImperial Valley Family Care Medical Group, APC

Victim entityImperial Valley Family Care Medical Group, APC

Incidentdiscovered Mar 21, 2015

Stated responseDisabled network server access by the stolen laptop

ComplianceHHS report late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing