MASSACHUSETTSMisuseHealthcareHealthcarePrivilege AbuseCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

UMass Memorial Medical Group, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Jan 30, 2015

To disclose

—

Affected

14,100

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

93%

Full breach record for UMass Memorial Medical Group, Inc. →4 incidents on file

UMass Memorial Medical Group, Inc. (MA) reported to HHS OCR on 2015-01-30 an Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 14,100 individuals. An employee impermissibly accessed patient PHI (paper/films) for approximately four months in 2014, using her legitimate job access for an unauthorized purpose. Breach notification was delayed at law enforcement's request. The employee was sanctioned and resigned. OCR's investigation led to new technical and physical safeguards, staff training, a third-party privacy review, and free credit monitoring for affected individuals.

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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

Jan 1, 2014

Begins

Jan 30, 2015

Filed

This filing is one of 3 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_2a663af74867165f2015-01-30Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_e1f9e498143ccff22015-02-02 · +3dVerified

Name: UMass Memorial Medical Group, Inc.
norm: umass memorial medical
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: UMass Memorial Medical Group, Inc.
norm: umass memorial medical
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Breach occurred: Jan 1, 2014 – Dec 31, 2014
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 30, 2015
Affected individuals: 14,100nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Paper / films
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: HHS OCR investigation; CE provided corrective action assurances to OCR
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Employee was sanctioned and subsequently resigned
Implemented new technical safeguards to monitor employee access to PHI
Restricted available information in patient records
Established new physical safeguards
Created a new training program for all staff
Engaged third-party consultant to review privacy and security programs
Provided free credit monitoring and a call-center for affected individuals
Breach notification delayed at request of law enforcement officials
Changes made: New technical safeguards for monitoring employee PHI access
New physical safeguards
Staff-wide privacy/security training program
Third-party privacy and security program review
Free credit monitoring for affected individuals
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: Jan 30, 2015
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: not extracted → Notified: Jan 30, 2015	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 2 states

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New Hampshire State AGJan 30 · first

HHS OCRJan 30 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+3d

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: Jan 30, 2015
Raw hash: e3c7c45135e34078ac32ba0a13ea4482a171bf3571d7b5fba1cb16a49e4c0ee9

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityUMass Memorial Medical Group, Inc.

Victim entityUMass Memorial Medical Group, Inc.

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseEmployee was sanctioned and subsequently resigned

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing