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FLORIDAPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighResolved

RMA Medical Centers of Florida

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Severity

High

Discovered

Feb 6, 2016

Filed

Apr 7, 2016

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

3,906

Confidence

97%
Full breach record for RMA Medical Centers of Florida →

RMA Medical Centers of Florida reported to HHS on 2016-04-07 a laptop theft affecting 3,906 individuals. On February 6, 2016, a password-protected but unencrypted company laptop was stolen from an employee's hotel room. The device contained PHI including patients' names, dates of birth, health plan ID numbers, diagnoses, and primary care physicians' names. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media, offered one-year identity theft protection, encrypted all PHI laptops, revised HIPAA policies, retrained staff, and sanctioned the responsible employee. OCR obtained assurances of corrective action.

HIPAA clock✓ HHS notified9 weeks discovery → filing
⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 61 days

Feb 6, 2016

Begins

Feb 6, 2016

Discovered

Apr 7, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed3,906 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.