TENNESSEEAccidentalHealthcareGovernmentHealthcareMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Health (basic)LowResolved

Memphis VA Medical Center

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Severity

Low

Discovered

—

Filed

Mar 1, 2017

To disclose

—

Affected

687

Confidence

98%

Full breach record for Memphis VA Medical Center →

Memphis VA Medical Center (MVAMC) reported to HHS OCR on 2017-03-01 an Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 687 individuals. A printing format change caused wrong names to be matched with addresses in a survey mailed to members, resulting in the impermissible disclosure of names and addresses. Breached information located on Paper/Films. The CE notified affected individuals and media, reviewed the incident, retrained staff on PHI handling and privacy policy, and implemented a new mailing process. OCR obtained assurances of corrective action.

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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

Mar 1, 2017

Filed

—

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.Confirmed687 affectedView incident

Name: Memphis VA Medical Center
norm: memphis va medical center
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Memphis VA Medical Center
norm: memphis va medical center
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource defaultGovernmentllm

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 687nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Health (basic)
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Paper / films
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted above.

During the incident: Provided breach notification to affected individuals and the media
Conducted a full review of the incident
Re-educated staff regarding appropriate methods for handling, securing, and mailing of PHI
Set up a new process to prevent similar situations from re-occurring
Counseled and retrained staff on Privacy/Release of Information policy
Changes made: Printing format corrected to prevent wrong name-address associations
New mailing process implemented
Staff retraining on PHI handling and privacy policy
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: Mar 1, 2017
Raw hash: 8d8a9fb1a03b78830627957d0cfe677be07e51555d88748188267fb2e39aab73

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Reporting entityMemphis VA Medical Center

Victim entityMemphis VA Medical Center

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseProvided breach notification to affected individuals and the media

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing