MASSACHUSETTSAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareDisposal ErrorCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

New England Dermatology and Laser Center, P.C.

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Severity

Medium

Financial impact

$301K

Discovered

—

Filed

May 11, 2021

To disclose

—

Affected

58,106

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

98%

Full breach record for New England Dermatology and Laser Center, P.C. →2 incidents on file

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.

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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

May 11, 2021

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 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

HHS OCR enforcementbd_20e0b0a7c11532262022-08-23 · +469dVerified by operator

Name: New England Dermatology and Laser Center, P.C.
norm: new england dermatology and laser center
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: New England Dermatology and Laser Center, P.C.
norm: new england dermatology and laser center
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 58,106nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Improper disposal
Where the data lived: Paper / films
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: HHS OCR investigation; $300,640 settlement payment; corrective action plan agreed

During the incident: Filed breach report with OCR on 2021-05-11
Paid $300,640 settlement to HHS OCR
Agreed to implement corrective action plan
Changes made: Corrective action plan implementation to ensure appropriate PHI disposal safeguards
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

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HHS OCRMay 11 · first · this page

HHS OCR enforcement+469d

Pattern: first filing May 11 (MA), last Aug 23 — a 469-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: May 11, 2021
Raw hash: fe5f9d2a39931b190d1c5a0b6a5282309ad5e434ab0650b5d1aadb976ce54673

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityNew England Dermatology and Laser Center, P.C.

Victim entityNew England Dermatology and Laser Center, P.C.

IncidentMisconfiguration

Stated responseFiled breach report with OCR on 2021-05-11

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing