TEXASMisuseHealthcareHealthcarePrivilege AbuseBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)LowResolved

Michael Amaro, MD, PA

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Severity

Low

Discovered

—

Filed

Aug 8, 2019

To disclose

—

Affected

500

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for Michael Amaro, MD, PA →

Michael Amaro, MD, PA reported to HHS on 2019-08-08 a Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 500 individuals. Breached information located on Electronic Medical Record, Other, Paper/Films. An employee diverted funds using PHI of 85 individuals, including names, addresses, birthdates, claims, and treatment info. CE notified HHS, individuals, and law enforcement; sanctioned employees and implemented administrative safeguards.

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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

Aug 8, 2019

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.Confirmed500 affectedView incident

Name: Michael Amaro, MD, PA
norm: michael amaro md
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Michael Amaro, MD, PA
norm: michael amaro md
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 500nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Electronic medical recordOtherPaper / films
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: InternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified HHSOCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Notified local law enforcement
Changes made: Sanctioned the involved employee(s)
Implemented additional administrative safeguards
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: Aug 8, 2019
Raw hash: 024b20b0789122c358304862d891d947a1bda3d71548008dff1214470e9a9142

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Reporting entityMichael Amaro, MD, PA

Victim entityMichael Amaro, MD, PA

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing