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

Florida Hospital Medical Group

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Severity

High

Discovered

Aug 17, 2016

Filed

Oct 21, 2016

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

6,786

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Florida Hospital Medical Group →2 incidents on file

Florida Hospital Medical Group reported to HHS on 2016-10-21 a Loss affecting 6786 individuals. Breached information located on Paper/Films. 139 boxes of patient records went missing during transfer between storage vendors, containing PHI, SSNs, and driver's license numbers.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS notified9 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 · 9 weeks / 65 days

Aug 17, 2016

Begins

Aug 17, 2016

Discovered

Oct 21, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed6,786 affectedView incident

Name: Florida Hospital Medical Group
norm: florida hospital medical
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Florida Hospital Medical Group
norm: florida hospital medical
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Aug 17, 2016
Breach occurred: Aug 17, 2016 – Oct 6, 2016
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 6,786nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
HHS breach type: Loss
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 obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed above

During the incident: Commenced an investigation in coordination with both business associates (BAs)
Evaluated the record transfer process and implemented process improvements
Improved its purchasing department processes for vendor management
Implemented policies and procedures to train future storage vendors
Provided its leadership with additional education and awareness training regarding HIPAA privacy
Changes made: Evaluated the record transfer process and implemented process improvements
Improved its purchasing department processes for vendor management
Implemented policies and procedures to train future storage vendors
Provided its leadership with additional education and awareness training regarding HIPAA privacy
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: 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: Aug 17, 2016
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Aug 17, 2016 → 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: Oct 21, 2016
Raw hash: 38f93c2527f3b1a1097eb043a7b660e4f6b02c85775bc16dc2e8f317888bad5b

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Reporting entityFlorida Hospital Medical Group

Victim entityFlorida Hospital Medical Group

Incidentdiscovered Aug 17, 2016

Stated responseCommenced an investigation in coordination with both business associates (BAs)

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing