GEORGIAPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHigh

Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital, Inc.

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Jan 7, 2014

To disclose

—

Affected

12,937

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

50%

Full breach record for Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital, Inc. →2 incidents on file

On January 7, 2014, Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital reported to HHS a theft incident affecting 12,937 individuals. An employee improperly accessed patient protected health information (PHI), including names, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers, with the intent to file fraudulent tax returns. The information was in both electronic (Electronic Medical Record) and paper formats. The hospital has since implemented additional security safeguards and training.

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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

Jan 7, 2014

Filed

—

Corroborated · see linked filings

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

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

HHS OCRbd_73bb6491ba37ca062014-01-03 · +4dCandidate

Name: Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital, Inc.
norm: phoebe putney memorial hospital
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital, Inc.
norm: phoebe putney memorial hospital
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 12,937nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Theft
Where the data lived: Electronic medical recordPaper / films
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: InternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified HHSLearned of breach from law enforcementOCR obtained assurances of corrective action

During the incident: Provided breach notification to affected individuals and the media
Posted substitute notice on its website
Changes made: Sanctioned the responsible employee
Improved physical safeguards by locking cabinets containing patient files
Created a security access hierarchy to ensure role-based access to PHI
Encrypted laptop computers
Removed social security numbers from its referral form
Implemented monthly audits on its electronic medical records system
Established an annual HIPAA in-service training program
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.

Filing propagation · 2 filings

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HHS OCRJan 3 · first

HHS OCR+4d · this page

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 7, 2014
Raw hash: 2a1ff8df356bd9d2028d56f5e8d53e94ae8f1274d95196213cec44204abd95a9

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPhoebe Putney Memorial Hospital, Inc.

Victim entityPhoebe Putney Memorial Hospital, Inc.

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseProvided breach notification to affected individuals and the media

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing