NEW YORKAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial accountFinancialHighResolved

University of Rochester

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

May 20, 2010

To disclose

—

Affected

2,628

Confidence

98%

Full breach record for University of Rochester →5 incidents on file

University of Rochester Medical Center and Affiliates reported to HHS on 2010-05-20 an 'Other' breach (accidental misdelivery of paper records) affecting 2,628 individuals. On April 19, 2010, 2,628 patient billing statements for Strong Memorial Hospital were mailed to wrong patients. Statements contained names, addresses, SSNs, health insurance plan details, subscriber numbers, dollar amounts owed, and service descriptions. Breached information located on Paper/Films. Remediation included mechanical counters, per-run page reports, and manual QC envelope inspection.

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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

Apr 19, 2010

Begins

May 20, 2010

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed2,628 affectedView incident

Name: University of Rochester
norm: university of rochester
Domain: rochester.edu
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: University of Rochester
norm: university of rochester
Domain: rochester.edu
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Breach occurred: Apr 19, 2010
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 2,628nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial accountFinancial
HHS breach type: Other
Where the data lived: Paper / films
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unknown
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: OCR investigated; reviewed CE's risk assessment and policies and procedures relating to uses and disclosures of PHI and safeguarding PHI
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Breach notification provided to HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Established a numerical counter to match statements run through the folding machine with those printing
Added a report to statement bundles identifying number of pages printed per statement run
Implemented quality control process with a second staff member manually inspecting stuffed envelopes to verify correct page count and patient-specific contents
Changes made: Numerical counter for folding machine/print reconciliation
Per-run page-count report added to statement bundles
Random manual inspection of stuffed envelopes by a second staff member
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: May 20, 2010
Raw hash: 6bb005e8b1c7cc2737eec20d75f13bf72ce23ff466e2b5a0b430a56b09be2ebc

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Reporting entityUniversity of Rochester

Victim entityUniversity of Rochester

IncidentUnknown

Stated responseBreach notification provided to HHS, affected individuals, and the media

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing