CALIFORNIAAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisdeliveryBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)MediumResolved

BioIQ Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 23, 2018

Filed

May 25, 2018

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

4,059

Confidence

98%

Full breach record for BioIQ Inc. →

On April 23, 2018, BioIQ, Inc., a business associate, sent a mass email to members of TML Multistate Intergovernmental Employee Benefits Pool containing incorrect member names in the salutations, exposing the first and last names of 4,059 individuals. The breach was reported to HHS on May 25, 2018. Upon discovery, the BA retrained the responsible employee, updated email workflow procedures to include QA review, and received OCR technical assistance on its risk analysis and risk management plan. Breached information located on Email.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS report on time5 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 32 days

Apr 23, 2018

Begins

Apr 23, 2018

Discovered

May 25, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

7 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed4,059 affectedView incident

Name: BioIQ Inc.
norm: bioiq
Industry: Business Associate

Name: BioIQ Inc.
norm: bioiq
Industry: Business Associate
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Apr 23, 2018
Breach occurred: Apr 23, 2018
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 4,059nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Business associate
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: OCR obtained assurances that the BA implemented corrective actions and provided technical assistance on risk analysis and risk management plan.
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: BA immediately retrained the employee responsible for the incident.
BA updated its email workflow procedures to include a quality assurance review of emails.
BA provided breach notification to HHS, the covered entity, affected individuals, and the media.
Changes made: Employee retraining
Updated email workflow procedures with quality assurance review
OCR technical assistance on risk analysis and risk management plan
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(32 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS report on timeHHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Apr 23, 2018
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Apr 23, 2018
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Apr 23, 2018 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Apr 23, 2018 → 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 25, 2018
Raw hash: 46fce2b8b2ae88c318ff0e8d51c188ad2d8facfddb5838c7db5d70c4d0de0d8c

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Reporting entityBioIQ Inc.

Victim entityBioIQ Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Apr 23, 2018

Stated responseBA immediately retrained the employee responsible for the incident.

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing