TEXASPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)HighResolved

John T. Melvin, M.D.& Associates

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Sep 14, 2011

To disclose

—

Affected

2,541

Confidence

97%

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John T. Melvin MD & Associates (TX) reported to HHS on 2011-09-14 a Theft affecting 2,541 individuals. Medical records were stolen from an off-site storage facility. PHI involved included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, claim information, diagnoses/conditions, medications, lab results, and other treatment information. Breached information was located on Paper/Films. As a result of OCR's investigation, the CE updated policies to keep all records on-site and shred them immediately upon retention expiration.

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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

Sep 14, 2011

Filed

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No filing yet · watching

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

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed2,541 affectedView incident

Name: John T. Melvin, M.D.& Associates
norm: john t melvin md associates
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: John T. Melvin, M.D.& Associates
norm: john t melvin md associates
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 2,541nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)
HHS breach type: Theft
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: External
Regulator citations: OCR investigation conducted; CE updated policies to keep all records on-site and mandated immediate shredding upon expiration of required retention period.

During the incident: Breach notification provided to HHS, affected individuals, and the media.
Policy change: all records now kept on-site.
Policy change: records immediately shredded once required retention time has elapsed per applicable state law.
Changes made: Eliminated off-site storage of paper medical records.
Implemented immediate shredding policy upon record retention expiration.
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.

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: Sep 14, 2011
Raw hash: f5f310e5b0d7a18cb54e1d12776a16e87cb7cdf7e8fba71b90da6d6c54097a39

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Reporting entityJohn T. Melvin, M.D.& Associates

Victim entityJohn T. Melvin, M.D.& Associates

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseBreach notification provided to HHS, affected individuals, and the media.

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing