FLORIDAHackingHealthcareHealthcareBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Government IDIdentity (basic)Financial accountHighContained

HeartCare Consultants

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Severity

High

Discovered

Mar 30, 2016

Filed

May 11, 2016

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

16,143

Confidence

67%

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HeartCare Consultants reported to HHS on 2016-05-11 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 16,143 individuals. Breached information located on Electronic Medical Record. The incident involved a business associate, Bizmatics, which experienced a cyber-attack exposing social security numbers, demographic, clinical, and health insurance information.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS report on time6 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 42 days

Mar 30, 2016

Discovered

May 11, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

Part of Bizmatics supply-chain incident (2016) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed16,143 affectedView incident

Name: HeartCare Consultants
norm: heartcare consultants
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: HeartCare Consultants
norm: heartcare consultants
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Mar 30, 2016
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 16,143nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Government IDIdentity (basic)Financial account
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Electronic medical record
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed above
Third party: via Bizmaticsbusiness associate
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Provided breach notification to HHS
Provided breach notification to affected individuals
Provided breach notification to the media
Provided credit monitoring and identity theft protection to the affected individuals
Changes made: Entered into a BA agreement
Revised its HIPAA policies and procedures
Retrained its entire workforce
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(42 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS report on timeHHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Mar 30, 2016
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Mar 30, 2016
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Mar 30, 2016 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Mar 30, 2016 → 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: May 11, 2016
Raw hash: 44b1423431b4a996086175abc83ffbac21765aba952700c98238ce1bc60c1e19

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Reporting entityHeartCare Consultants

Victim entityHeartCare Consultants

Incidentdiscovered Mar 30, 2016

Stated responseProvided breach notification to HHS

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing