ARKANSASAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisconfigurationBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountCriticalResolved

MedEvolve

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Severity

Critical

Financial impact

$350K

Discovered

Jul 1, 2018

Filed

Jul 10, 2018

To disclose

9 days

Affected

230,572

Linked

8 records

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for MedEvolve →

MedEvolve, Inc. reported to HHS on 2018-07-10 a Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 230,572 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. The breach resulted from the misconfiguration of an FTP server, exposing PHI including names, SSNs, and account numbers. MedEvolve paid a $350,000 settlement and agreed to a corrective action plan including risk analysis, policy updates, and enhanced training.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS report on time9 days 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

discovery → filing · 9 days

Jul 1, 2018

Discovered

Jul 10, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

8 wks faster

This filing is one of 8 records about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_0bd4122eff0cddb42018-07-10Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_2cc6cf8c3756184a2018-07-10Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_a0496aa58a430ab52018-07-10Verified
Montana State AGbd_a2d9849fbe9658052018-07-10Verified

Show 2 more filings ↓up to 20d gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_0f2d25b2273b13f32018-07-27 · +17dVerified by operator
Massachusetts State AGbd_9f8a44684fb3d8bb2018-07-30 · +20dVerified by operator

Enforcement records (1)

HHS OCR enforcementbd_43a0abb3eba49ad42023-05-16 · +1771dVerified by operator

Name: MedEvolve
norm: medevolve
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: MedEvolve
norm: medevolve
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Jul 1, 2018
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 230,572nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Business associate
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Regulator citations: Settlement signed with OCR to resolve data breachPaid $350,000 to OCRAgreed to implement a corrective action plan monitored for two years by OCR

During the incident: Paid $350,000 to OCR
Agreed to implement a corrective action plan
Conduct an accurate and thorough risk analysis to determine risks and vulnerabilities to electronic patient/system data across the organization
Develop and implement a risk management plan to address and mitigate identified security risks and vulnerabilities identified in the risk analysis
Develop, maintain, and revise, as necessary, its written policies and procedures to comply with the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules
Augment its existing HIPAA and Security Training Program for all MedEvolve workforce members who have access to protected health information
Report to HHS within sixty (60) days when workforce members fail to comply with MedEvolve’s written policies and procedures to comply with the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules
Changes made: Conduct an accurate and thorough risk analysis to determine risks and vulnerabilities to electronic patient/system data across the organization
Develop and implement a risk management plan to address and mitigate identified security risks and vulnerabilities identified in the risk analysis
Develop, maintain, and revise, as necessary, its written policies and procedures to comply with the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules
Augment its existing HIPAA and Security Training Program for all MedEvolve workforce members who have access to protected health information
Report to HHS within sixty (60) days when workforce members fail to comply with MedEvolve’s written policies and procedures to comply with the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 days(9 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS report on timeHHS 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: Jul 1, 2018
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Jul 1, 2018
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Jul 1, 2018 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Jul 1, 2018 → Notified: not extracted	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 5 states

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California State AGJul 10 · first

Massachusetts State AGJul 10 · first

New Hampshire State AGJul 10 · first

Montana State AGJul 10 · first

HHS OCRJul 10 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+17d

Massachusetts State AG+20d

Pattern: first filing Jul 10 (CA), last Jul 30 (MA) — a 20-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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 10, 2018
Raw hash: 7af6566a4b0ac83e1f8cf88fdef0b759da01e26a88dc68ca28b92ae5b56b5719

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Enforcement records (1)

Reporting entityMedEvolve

Victim entityMedEvolve

Incidentdiscovered Jul 1, 2018

Stated responsePaid $350,000 to OCR

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing