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Community Mercy Health Partners

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Severity

Critical

Discovered

—

Filed

Jan 25, 2016

To disclose

—

Affected

113,528

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

95%

Full breach record for Community Mercy Health Partners →2 incidents on file

Community Mercy Health Partners (covered entity) reported to HHS OCR that law enforcement officials discovered paper records belonging to the CE in a dumpster, affecting 113,528 individuals. Records related to lab studies and contained demographic and clinical information including names, addresses, DOBs, driver's license info, SSNs, diagnoses, lab results, medications, and other treatment data. A subcontractor (Property Contractor) was responsible for the improper disposal. The CE provided notification, substitute web notice, and credit monitoring (for those with SSN/financial exposure), dismissed the subcontractor, retrained staff and the contractor, reduced long-term-storage records, and implemented new internal controls. OCR obtained assurances of corrective action.

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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

Jan 25, 2016

Filed

No interval is drawn: no breach start or discovery date is on record for this filing.

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_a0d1d9769256cabe2016-01-28 · +3dVerified

Name: Community Mercy Health Partners
norm: community mercy health

Name: Community Mercy Health Partners
norm: community mercy health
Industry: Healthcare Provider
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 113,528nationwide
Data types: PHIPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)
HHS breach type: Improper disposal
Where the data lived: Paper / films
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
Threat actor: Partner
Regulator citations: HHS OCR obtained assurances that CE implemented corrective actions

During the incident: Conducted investigation to determine cause
Provided notice to affected individuals
Provided substitute notice on CE website
Offered free credit monitoring to individuals whose SSNs or financial information may have been compromised
Changes made: Dismissed subcontractor from all projects
Re-educated Property Contractor on business associate agreements and PHI handling/storage/disposal training requirements
Re-educated laboratory leaders and staff on records retention
Reduced number of remaining records slated for long-term storage in accordance with retention/disposal policies
Implemented new internal controls to mitigate risk
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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HHS OCRJan 25 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+3d

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: Jan 25, 2016
Raw hash: e65ecbb450188cae5be2bab7c7f9d892936409452d89162876b93c4255692ee5

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCommunity Mercy Health Partners

Victim entityCommunity Mercy Health Partners

IncidentMisconfiguration

Stated responseConducted investigation to determine cause

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing