NJPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareLossCustomer Data InvolvedIDENTITY_BASICIDENTITY_GOVERNMENTHEALTH_BASICMediumResolved

Summit Medical Associates

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Full breach record for Summit Medical Associates →

Summit Medical Group (NJ) reported to HHS OCR on 2018-11-02 a Loss affecting 525 individuals. A staff member misplaced and could not recover a handwritten notebook containing PHI for ~525 patients. The PHI included names, dates of birth, addresses, SSNs, telephone numbers, medical record numbers, health plan information, clinical information, and dates of services. The notebook was maintained outside the EHR system. Post-breach, the CE retrained staff, prohibited unofficial PHI records, and sanctioned the staff member. OCR obtained assurances of corrective actions.

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.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed525 affectedView incident

Source provenance

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: Nov 2, 2018
Raw hash: f036b6410958ce368f1f1078ceaa4159e5851d839ef71fc3ba29719da67b53f0

Source filing

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Reporting entity

Name: Summit Medical Associates
norm: summit medical associates
Industry: Health Care Services

Victim entity

Name: Summit Medical Associates
norm: summit medical associates
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Incident

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 525
Data types: IDENTITY_BASICIDENTITY_GOVERNMENTHEALTH_BASIC
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: HHS OCR — breach notification submitted; OCR obtained assurances of corrective actions implemented
Initial access: insider_action

Compliance

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

Extraction provenance

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.