MAINEAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareDisposal ErrorBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)CriticalResolved

HealthReach Community Health Centers

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Severity

Critical

Discovered

—

Filed

Jul 6, 2021

To disclose

—

Affected

122,308

Confidence

98%

Full breach record for HealthReach Community Health Centers →2 incidents on file

HealthReach Community Health Centers (ME) reported to HHS on 2021-07-06 an Improper Disposal breach affecting 122,308 individuals. The covered entity's business associate improperly disposed of hard drives containing PHI, including names, addresses, dates of birth, drivers' license and Social Security numbers, diagnoses, lab results, medications, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media, offered free credit monitoring, and the BA retrained staff on proper disposal procedures. Breached information located on Electronic Medical Record (hard drives).

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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

Jul 6, 2021

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.Confirmed122,308 affectedView incident

Name: HealthReach Community Health Centers
norm: healthreach community health centers
Domain: healthreach.org
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: HealthReach Community Health Centers
norm: healthreach community health centers
Domain: healthreach.org
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 122,308nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)
HHS breach type: Improper disposal
Where the data lived: Electronic medical record
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
Threat actor: Partner
Regulator citations: HHS OCR notified

During the incident: CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media
CE offered free credit monitoring services
BA retrained staff on proper methods of disposing of sensitive data and equipment
Changes made: BA staff retrained on proper disposal of sensitive data and equipment
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.

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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: Jul 6, 2021
Raw hash: 6a7b7a91d70528403e1a8878a371652625c1c08d86d887176767b25883dcb1db

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Reporting entityHealthReach Community Health Centers

Victim entityHealthReach Community Health Centers

IncidentMisconfiguration

Stated responseCE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing