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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 records

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.

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

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

This filing is one of 2 records about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Enforcement records (1)

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.