CALIFORNIAPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighResolved

North East Medical Services Foundation

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Severity

High

Discovered

Jul 11, 2015

Filed

Jul 31, 2015

To disclose

20 days

Affected

69,246

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for North East Medical Services Foundation →2 incidents on file

North East Medical Services (NEMS) reported to HHS on 2015-07-31 a Theft affecting 69,246 individuals. Breached information located on Laptop. An unencrypted laptop containing ePHI (including names, DOBs, SSNs, diagnoses) was stolen from a workforce member's car on July 11, 2015. NEMS implemented encryption, updated policies, strengthened passwords, sanctioned the employee, and provided training.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS report on time20 days 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 · 20 days

Jul 11, 2015

Begins

Jul 11, 2015

Discovered

Jul 31, 2015

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_1007048df3674b842015-07-31Verified

Name: North East Medical Services Foundation
norm: north east medical
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: North East Medical Services Foundation
norm: north east medical
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Jul 11, 2015
Breach occurred: Jul 11, 2015
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 69,246nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Theft
Where the data lived: Laptop
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: Provided breach notification to HHSIn response to OCR’s investigation, the CE performed an updated Risk Analysis

During the incident: Implemented encryption technology
Updated relevant policies and procedures, including its policy on the use of encryption technology
Strengthened password requirements for access to ePHI
Sanctioned the workforce member responsible for the breach
Provided additional training to all workforce members on its policies and procedures on uses and disclosures of PHI and encryption technology
Performed an updated Risk Analysis
Changes made: Implemented encryption technology
Updated relevant policies and procedures, including its policy on the use of encryption technology
Strengthened password requirements for access to ePHI
Provided additional training to all workforce members on its policies and procedures on uses and disclosures of PHI and encryption technology
Performed an updated Risk Analysis
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 20 days(20 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS report on timeHHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: 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.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Jul 11, 2015
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Jul 11, 2015
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Jul 11, 2015 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Jul 11, 2015 → Notified: not extracted	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings

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California State AGJul 31 · first

HHS OCRJul 31 · first · 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: Jul 31, 2015
Raw hash: 568bedcb391ea650ba441c68210706f475d507c983ba263d1500dbae8a226b42

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityNorth East Medical Services Foundation

Victim entityNorth East Medical Services Foundation

Incidentdiscovered Jul 11, 2015

Stated responseImplemented encryption technology

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing