MASSACHUSETTSHackingHealthcareHealthcareCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Medium

Next Step Healthcare

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

May 30, 2025

To disclose

—

Affected

12,090

Linked

7 records

Confidence

95%

Full breach record for Next Step Healthcare →

Next Step Healthcare LLC (Massachusetts) reported to HHS OCR on 2025-05-30 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 12,090 individuals. Breached information was located on a Network Server. No business associate was identified as involved. No further details were provided in the public HHS breach portal entry.

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Leak gap clock✗ Leak >180d

⚠ 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

May 30, 2025

Filed

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

This filing is one of 7 records about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by qilin about this victim was first seen 347 days before this filing.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

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Ransomware claims (2)

Leak Siteqilinbd_f4e4886a92c3e6ad2024-06-17 · +347dVerified by operator
Leak Siteqilinbd_58ee69bf27d122832024-06-05 · +359dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_0cec3665847bf3a62025-05-30Verified by operator
Maine State AGbd_5c2bfa33adf0bf112025-05-30Verified by operator
Massachusetts State AGbd_a54984fff53d02c12025-05-30Verified by operator
Vermont State AGbd_dcada36069dde6442025-05-29 · +1dVerified by operator

Name: Next Step Healthcare
norm: next step healthcare
Domain: nextstephc.com
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Next Step Healthcare
norm: next step healthcare
Domain: nextstephc.com
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 12,090nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: HHS OCR

Compliance flags: Leak >180dHHS 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.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 4 states

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Vermont State AGMay 29 · first

New Hampshire State AG+1d

Maine State AG+1d

Massachusetts State AG+1d

HHS OCR+1d · this page

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: May 30, 2025
Raw hash: 9e70aea0dad10ad551185e9c948369d975051fddb59d8189ecd4fa0e0eeccd59

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Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (2)

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityNext Step Healthcare

Victim entityNext Step Healthcare

IncidentUnauthorized Access

ComplianceLeak >180d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing