MISSOURIAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighResolved

BJC HealthCare ACO, LLC

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Feb 26, 2016

To disclose

—

Affected

2,393

Confidence

98%

Full breach record for BJC HealthCare ACO, LLC →

BJC HealthCare ACO, LLC (MO) reported to HHS on 2016-02-26 an Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 2,393 individuals. On December 22, 2015, an employee sent an unencrypted email to a third party in violation of CE policies. PHI involved included patients' names, birthdates, Medicare health insurance numbers, and genders. Breached information was located in Email. CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and media; contacted the email recipient; tested physician servers for TLS; and provided mandatory workforce and targeted employee training. OCR confirmed 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

Dec 22, 2015

Begins

Feb 26, 2016

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed2,393 affectedView incident

Name: BJC HealthCare ACO, LLC
norm: bjc healthcare aco
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: BJC HealthCare ACO, LLC
norm: bjc healthcare aco
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Breach occurred: Dec 22, 2015
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 2,393nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: HHS OCR — breach notification submitted; OCR obtained documentation confirming corrective actions implemented
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Posted substitute notification on website
Contacted recipient of the misdirected email
Contacted all private physician participants to test computer servers for TLS support
Provided mandatory training to all workforce members
Provided additional training to the responsible employee on secure email
Changes made: TLS testing across physician participant servers
Mandatory workforce training on secure email practices
Additional targeted training for the employee responsible for the incident
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: Feb 26, 2016
Raw hash: 8d0fa351ad134b5132f522880b5e6761c9924d12551fce5f6d067f2bc8e2d74f

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Reporting entityBJC HealthCare ACO, LLC

Victim entityBJC HealthCare ACO, LLC

IncidentUnauthorized Access

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

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing