WASHINGTONMisuseHealthcareHealthcarePrivilege AbuseCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

Coulee Medical Center

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Jan 3, 2014

To disclose

—

Affected

2,500

Confidence

96%

Full breach record for Coulee Medical Center →

Coulee Medical Center (WA) reported to HHS on 2014-01-03 a breach affecting 2,500 individuals. A CE-employed physician disclosed ePHI to his wife without authorization via email, laptop, and network server. Exposed data included names, hospital account numbers, dates of service, CPT codes, and service descriptions. The physician was sanctioned and required to complete HIPAA training; the CE implemented new information security policies. OCR provided technical assistance on risk analysis and breach notification requirements.

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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 3, 2014

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.Confirmed2,500 affectedView incident

Name: Coulee Medical Center
norm: coulee medical center
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Coulee Medical Center
norm: coulee medical center
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 2,500nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Theft
Where the data lived: EmailLaptopNetwork server
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: OCR investigation conductedOCR provided technical assistance on Security Rule risk analysis and risk management planOCR provided guidance on adequate media notice per Breach Notification Rule
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Sanctioned the physician responsible for the breach
Required the physician to complete comprehensive HIPAA training
Required all workforce members to complete annual HIPAA training
Implemented new information security policies and procedures
Changes made: Implemented new information security policies and procedures to better safeguard ePHI
Completed OCR-guided Security Rule risk analysis and risk management plan
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: Jan 3, 2014
Raw hash: 4de794ebfaf54a5709f26f2a0a77fa5b10d3e8daf0b9141aa7e84923a1d02bc1

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Reporting entityCoulee Medical Center

Victim entityCoulee Medical Center

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseSanctioned the physician responsible for the breach

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing