MINNESOTAAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareDisposal ErrorCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighResolved

Minnesota Eye Consultants

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Apr 16, 2019

To disclose

—

Affected

4,556

Confidence

68%

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Minnesota Eye Consultants reported to HHS on 2019-04-16 a Improper Disposal affecting 4556 individuals. Breached information located on Paper/Films. Documents containing PHI (names, addresses, DOB, SSN, diagnoses, lab results, medications) were inadvertently placed in a recycling bin.

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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

Apr 16, 2019

Filed

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

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed4,556 affectedView incident

Name: Minnesota Eye Consultants
norm: minnesota eye consultants
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Minnesota Eye Consultants
norm: minnesota eye consultants
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 4,556nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Improper disposal
Where the data lived: Paper / films
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
MITRE ATT&CK: T1530 Data from Cloud Storage
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: Notified HHSOCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions

During the incident: Offered credit monitoring services to all affected individuals
Sanctioned the employee responsible
Re-trained all employees on proper disposal methods for PHI
Implemented additional administrative and physical safeguards
Notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Posted substitute notice on its website
Changes made: Re-trained all employees on proper disposal methods for PHI
Implemented additional administrative and physical safeguards to further protect its PHI
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: Apr 16, 2019
Raw hash: 914d2eae8169e56414334e9f15292353a35abb567c9d76354eee60bf2e1cf7b5

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Reporting entityMinnesota Eye Consultants

Victim entityMinnesota Eye Consultants

IncidentMisconfiguration

Stated responseOffered credit monitoring services to all affected individuals

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing