ILLINOISAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisdeliveryBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighResolved

Suburban Lung Associates

bd_748b733984220396 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Apr 13, 2015

To disclose

—

Affected

2,984

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

97%

Full breach record for Suburban Lung Associates →

Suburban Lung Associates (IL) reported to HHS on 2015-04-13 an Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 2,984 individuals. The covered entity's business associate left medical records unattended. PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, phone numbers, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, and other treatment information (located on Paper/Films). The BA implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards; OCR obtained assurances of corrective action.

J jump to incidentP pin to compareR raw source

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

? — ?

Breach window unknown

Apr 13, 2015

Filed

—

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 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_e85703a64fa8f5992015-04-13Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_0c96968c45b3d3252015-04-21 · +8dVerified

Name: Suburban Lung Associates
norm: suburban lung associates
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Suburban Lung Associates
norm: suburban lung associates
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 2,984nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Paper / films
Covered-entity type: Healthcare providerBusiness associate involved
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: Partner
Regulator citations: HHS OCR notified; OCR obtained assurances that the BA implemented corrective actions

During the incident: CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media
BA implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect PHI
Changes made: BA implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards
OCR obtained assurances that corrective actions were implemented
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 · 3 filings · 3 states

View merged incident ↗

New Hampshire State AGApr 13 · first

HHS OCRApr 13 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+8d

Pattern: first filing Apr 13 (NH), last Apr 21 (MA) — a 8-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: Apr 13, 2015
Raw hash: c9a603bad63e12a30d7738737bcfae2e5fa4d93fb587cc551cabdd62cd1b32ab

AI-assisted summary above. The structured extract on this page was generated from the document below. Inspect the source to verify or correct any field.

text/html1.5 KB

Download View at source

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySuburban Lung Associates

Victim entitySuburban Lung Associates

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseCE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing