TENNESSEEMisuseHealthcareHealthcarePrivilege AbuseStolen CredentialsBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)HighResolved

Professional Counseling & Medical Associates

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Jul 13, 2017

To disclose

—

Affected

2,500

Confidence

96%

Full breach record for Professional Counseling & Medical Associates →

Professional Counseling & Medical Associates (TN) reported to HHS on 2017-07-13 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 2,500 individuals. A former contractor continued to access the CE's electronic health records system after her employment ended on May 12, 2017, exposing PHI of 2,605 individuals including names, addresses, dates of birth, driver's license numbers, patient IDs, claims, diagnoses, lab results, medications, and treatment info. Breached information located on Electronic Medical Record. A business associate was present. OCR obtained assurances that corrective actions were implemented.

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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

May 12, 2017

Begins

Jul 13, 2017

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed2,500 affectedView incident

Name: Professional Counseling & Medical Associates
norm: professional counseling medical associates
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Professional Counseling & Medical Associates
norm: professional counseling medical associates
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Breach occurred: May 12, 2017
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 2,500nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Electronic medical record
Covered-entity type: Healthcare providerBusiness associate involved
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: HHS OCR obtained assurances that corrective actions were implemented
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Changed password requirements
Revised workforce termination procedures
Strengthened firewall
Conducted more frequent system reviews
Improved physical security
Provided additional HIPAA training to staff
Changes made: Improved safeguards including password requirements and termination procedures
Enhanced firewall and physical security
Increased frequency of system reviews
HIPAA staff training
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: Jul 13, 2017
Raw hash: f9cbd963df15caa523f6a7f9466233ebceeb8954f472323dc9a76c5cf395029b

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Reporting entityProfessional Counseling & Medical Associates

Victim entityProfessional Counseling & Medical Associates

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseChanged password requirements

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing