ALABAMAAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareDisposal ErrorBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

Baptist Health

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

May 4, 2012

To disclose

—

Affected

1,655

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for Baptist Health →5 incidents on file

Baptist Health System reported to HHS on 2012-05-04 a Improper Disposal affecting 1655 individuals. Breached information located on Paper/Films. A trash bag containing discarded appointment schedules was inadvertently removed from a shred bin by a cleaning service and disposed of in a dumpster without being shredded.

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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 — partial

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Breach window unknown

May 4, 2012

Filed

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No filing yet · watching

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1,655 affectedView incident

Name: Baptist Health
norm: baptist health
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Baptist Health
norm: baptist health
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,655nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Improper disposal
Where the data lived: Paper / films
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: Notified HHSProvided breach notification to HHS

During the incident: Initiated an internal investigation
Conducted a risk assessment
Updated its policies and procedures regarding access to shred bins
Provided breach notification to affected individuals, the media, and HHS
Changes made: Reviewed its policies and procedures with staff to ensure the adequacy of safeguards
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 4, 2012
Raw hash: c3b50d294e66529b9560c2902056c826cea673c645526dec34dfa35e824fbfd9

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Reporting entityBaptist Health

Victim entityBaptist Health

IncidentMisconfiguration

Stated responseInitiated an internal investigation

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing