MASSACHUSETTSAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareDisposal ErrorCustomer Data InvolvedHEALTH_BASICIDENTITY_BASICMediumResolved
New England Dermatology and Laser Center, P.C.
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Full breach record for New England Dermatology and Laser Center, P.C. →New England Dermatology and Laser Center, P.C. (NEDLC), a Massachusetts dermatology provider, reported to HHS OCR on 2021-05-11 an improper disposal incident affecting 58,106 individuals. Empty specimen containers bearing patient names, dates of birth, dates of sample collection, and provider names were placed in a publicly accessible dumpster in the parking lot. Breached information was on paper/physical labels. NEDLC paid a $300,640 settlement to OCR and agreed to a corrective action plan to remediate HIPAA Privacy Rule violations.
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.
Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed58,106 affectedView incident
Source provenance
- 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
- May 11, 2021
- Raw hash
- fe5f9d2a39931b190d1c5a0b6a5282309ad5e434ab0650b5d1aadb976ce54673
Source filing
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Reporting entity
- Name
- New England Dermatology and Laser Center, P.C.norm: new england dermatology and laser center
- Industry
- Health Care Services
Victim entity
- Name
- New England Dermatology and Laser Center, P.C.norm: new england dermatology and laser center
- Industry
- Health Care Services
- Industry
- Healthcaresource default
Incident
- Discovered
- Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
- Materiality determined
- —
- Notification sent
- —
- Affected individuals
- 58,106
- Data types
- HEALTH_BASICIDENTITY_BASIC
- Attack vector
- Misconfiguration
- Threat actor
- Internal
- Regulator citations
- HHS OCR investigation; $300,640 settlement payment; corrective action plan agreed
Compliance
- 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
Extraction provenance
- Status
- No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.