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TEXASAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareDisposal ErrorCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Financial accountLowResolved

Austin Pulmonary Consultants

bd_8b26d6be696f8b11 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

—

Filed

Nov 7, 2016

To disclose

—

Affected

889

Confidence

97%
Full breach record for Austin Pulmonary Consultants →

Austin Pulmonary Consultants (TX) reported to HHS on 2016-11-07 an Improper Disposal incident affecting 889 individuals. Papers containing PHI were improperly disposed of by the covered entity's cleaning crew. PHI involved included clinical, demographic, and financial information (Paper/Films). The CE notified affected individuals, media, and HHS; updated HIPAA policies; retrained staff; improved shred bin safeguards; and cancelled cleaning services of the crew involved. OCR obtained corrective action assurances.

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

Nov 7, 2016

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.Confirmed889 affectedView incident

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.