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Summit Medical Associates

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Dec 13, 2024

To disclose

—

Affected

464,159

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for Summit Medical Associates →5 incidents on file

Summit Medical Group, PLLC reported to HHS on 2024-12-13 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 464,159 individuals. Breached information located on Email. Employees were targeted by an email phishing scheme compromising PHI including clinical and demographic data. The entity implemented security safeguards and retrained staff.

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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

Dec 13, 2024

Filed

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

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed464,159 affectedView incident

Name: Summit Medical Associates
norm: summit medical associates
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Summit Medical Associates
norm: summit medical associates
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 464,159nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified HHS
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards
Retrained workforce members to better protect PHI
Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Notified the media
Provided substitute notice
Changes made: Implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards
Retrained workforce members to better protect PHI
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: Dec 13, 2024
Raw hash: 7be8ad4b3e83bb03f3aec99058991d3304e5bc1a795eb762efed557b94fe26b9

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Reporting entitySummit Medical Associates

Victim entitySummit Medical Associates

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseImplemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing