FLORIDAMisuseHealthcareHealthcarePrivilege AbuseBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumResolved

Physician Associates, LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 7, 2017

Filed

Jul 3, 2018

To disclose

47 weeks

Affected

710

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Physician Associates, LLC →7 incidents on file

Physician Associates, LLC reported to HHS on 2018-07-03 a Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 710 individuals. Breached information located on Other. A former CoPilot Provider Support Services employee accessed PHI in October 2015; discovered August 2017. Data included names, SSNs, DOBs, and insurance info. CE ceased using CoPilot and reviewed BA agreements.

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HIPAA clockDiscovered Aug 7, 2017 → Notified Jul 3, 2018330d ✗ HHS report late47 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 676 days

discovery → filing · 47 weeks / 330 days

Oct 1, 2015

Begins

Aug 7, 2017

Discovered

Jul 3, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

+36 wks slower

Part of CoPilot Provider Support Services supply-chain incident (2017) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed710 affectedView incident

Name: Physician Associates, LLC
norm: physician associates
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Physician Associates, LLC
norm: physician associates
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Aug 7, 2017
Breach occurred: Oct 1, 2015 – Oct 31, 2015
Undetected for: 676 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 3, 2018
Affected individuals: 710nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Other
Covered-entity type: Healthcare providerBusiness associate involved
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: OCR provided technical assistance to the CE regarding BAsOCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed above
Third party: via CoPilot Provider Support Servicesbusiness associate
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Ceased using CoPilot as a vendor
Re-educated its leadership on business associate (BA) agreements
Reviews vendor lists on a monthly basis to ensure that appropriate BA agreements are in place
Provided breach notification to HHS
CoPilot provided notification to affected individuals and the media on behalf of the CE
Changes made: Re-educated its leadership on business associate (BA) agreements
Reviews vendor lists on a monthly basis to ensure that appropriate BA agreements are in place
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 47 weeks(330 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS report late · 330dHHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Aug 7, 2017
→ Notified: Jul 3, 2018
330d 60 days HHS report late
HIPAA
Discovered: Aug 7, 2017
→ Notified: Jul 3, 2018
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Aug 7, 2017 → Notified: Jul 3, 2018	330d	60 days	HHS report late
HIPAA	Discovered: Aug 7, 2017 → Notified: Jul 3, 2018	—	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 3, 2018
Raw hash: 5c13fc21a17260bed89f5c2b8d24fb601ff433239dccc8fb06b4a9a4f92c0f4c

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Reporting entityPhysician Associates, LLC

Victim entityPhysician Associates, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Aug 7, 2017

Stated responseCeased using CoPilot as a vendor

ComplianceHHS report late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing