PENNSYLVANIAAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)LowResolved

Yardley Dermatology Associates, PC

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Severity

Low

Discovered

—

Filed

Mar 21, 2023

To disclose

—

Affected

523

Confidence

96%

Full breach record for Yardley Dermatology Associates, PC →

Yardley Dermatology Associates, PC (Yardley, PA) reported to HHS OCR on 2023-03-21 an Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 523 individuals. An employee inadvertently emailed a spreadsheet containing PHI — including names, dates of birth, medications, email addresses, and treatment information — to four patients. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and media, provided credit monitoring services, and retrained staff. OCR provided technical assistance. Breached information located on Email.

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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

Mar 21, 2023

Filed

No interval is drawn: no breach start or discovery date is on record for this filing.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed523 affectedView incident

Name: Yardley Dermatology Associates, PC
norm: yardley dermatology associates
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Yardley Dermatology Associates, PC
norm: yardley dermatology associates
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 523nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1048 Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: OCR provided technical assistance during investigation
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Notified media
Provided complimentary credit monitoring services
Retrained workforce members on PHI protection
Changes made: Workforce retraining on PHI protection
Complimentary credit monitoring services 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: 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: Mar 21, 2023
Raw hash: b28f5835835db497d9e6b85769384d1bfa8b556777aa2d1be93708ace3683528

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Reporting entityYardley Dermatology Associates, PC

Victim entityYardley Dermatology Associates, PC

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing