MASSACHUSETTSAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHighResolved

Prima CARE PC - Fall River & Tiverton

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Severity

High

Discovered

May 25, 2015

Filed

Jul 29, 2015

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

1,651

Confidence

68%

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Prima CARE, PC reported to HHS on 2015-07-29 a Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 1651 individuals. Breached information located on Paper/Films. Two binders containing patient PHI were discovered at a beach.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS notified9 weeks 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 weeks / 65 days

May 25, 2015

Discovered

Jul 29, 2015

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1,651 affectedView incident

Name: Prima CARE PC - Fall River & Tiverton
norm: prima care pc fall river tiverton
Domain: prima-care.com
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Prima CARE PC - Fall River & Tiverton
norm: prima care pc fall river tiverton
Domain: prima-care.com
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: May 25, 2015
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,651nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Paper / films
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: OCR investigation

During the incident: Provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Provided a dedicated telephone number for questions
Provided free credit monitoring services to those with breached social security numbers
Changes made: Revised its policies and procedures related to uses and disclosures of PHI
Revised safeguards
Revised the minimum necessary standard
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(65 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS 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: May 25, 2015
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: May 25, 2015 → 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: Jul 29, 2015
Raw hash: 8af0c097c7c9637b52bbca81ffb54e3f6a963b9210f10243ce0b760937a2723a

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Reporting entityPrima CARE PC - Fall River & Tiverton

Victim entityPrima CARE PC - Fall River & Tiverton

Incidentdiscovered May 25, 2015

Stated responseProvided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing