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Meridian Internal Medicine, P.A.

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Jul 10, 2024

To disclose

—

Affected

2,656

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

97%

Full breach record for Meridian Internal Medicine, P.A. →

Meridian Internal Medicine, P.A. (NC) reported to HHS on 2024-07-10 a ransomware attack affecting 2,656 individuals. PHI on a network server was compromised, including names, addresses, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, and claims information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media, and responded with credit monitoring, enhanced safeguards, and workforce retraining.

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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

Jul 10, 2024

Filed

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Corroborated · see linked filings

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_d3977ee6a0ceb88f2024-07-05 · +5dVerified

Name: Meridian Internal Medicine, P.A.
norm: meridian internal medicine
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Meridian Internal Medicine, P.A.
norm: meridian internal medicine
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 2,656nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: HHS OCR notified

During the incident: Notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Provided complimentary credit monitoring services to affected individuals
Implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards
Retrained workforce members to better protect PHI
Changes made: Additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards implemented
Workforce retraining on PHI protection
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.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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New Hampshire State AGJul 5 · first

HHS OCR+5d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jul 5 (NH), last Jul 10 (NC) — a 5-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, 2024
Raw hash: 1f9f9291cc639f64fa2f560112adf080e2cacdd22e428cc6bd16874260492a3b

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMeridian Internal Medicine, P.A.

Victim entityMeridian Internal Medicine, P.A.

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS, affected individuals, and the media

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing