MINNESOTAAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Health (basic)LowResolved

MN Urology

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Severity

Low

Discovered

—

Filed

Sep 18, 2017

To disclose

—

Affected

939

Confidence

97%

Full breach record for MN Urology →

MN Urology (Minnesota Urology) reported to HHS on 2017-09-18 an Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 939 individuals. An employee sent a group email to patients that exposed the names and/or email addresses of all recipients. Breached information was located in Email. The covered entity initially notified individuals via non-compliant email; after OCR technical assistance it provided HIPAA-compliant notice. Staff were retrained, and OCR obtained documented assurances of corrective action.

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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

Sep 18, 2017

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.Confirmed939 affectedView incident

Name: MN Urology
norm: mn urology
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: MN Urology
norm: mn urology
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 939nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Health (basic)
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: OCR obtained documented assurances that corrective actions were implementedOCR provided substantial technical assistance on HIPAA-compliant breach notification
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Breach notification submitted to HHS
Media notification provided
Initial email notification to affected individuals (later deemed non-compliant)
HIPAA-compliant primary notice subsequently provided to affected individuals
Changes made: CE retrained employee responsible for the breach
CE retrained employees who provided improper breach notification
CE provided HIPAA-compliant primary notice to affected individuals after initial non-compliant notification
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: Sep 18, 2017
Raw hash: 4dda15ba42530a0c088ca5e6dd316cd85f936af66abc428ee7ca478bbda86b35

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Reporting entityMN Urology

Victim entityMN Urology

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseBreach notification submitted to HHS

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing