NORTH CAROLINAAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareDisposal ErrorCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHighResolved

Mountain Area Health Education Center

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Apr 14, 2022

To disclose

—

Affected

1,115

Confidence

68%

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Mountain Area Health Education Center dba MAHEC reported to HHS on 2022-04-14 an Improper Disposal affecting 1115 individuals. Breached information located on Paper/Films. An employee placed documents containing PHI (names, addresses, DOBs, SSNs, health insurance info) in an unsecured recycling bin.

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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

Apr 14, 2022

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.Confirmed1,115 affectedView incident

Name: Mountain Area Health Education Center
norm: mountain area health education center
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Mountain Area Health Education Center
norm: mountain area health education center
Also named: Mountain Area Health Education Centerdba oflegal entity
MAHECdba oftrade name
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,115nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
HHS breach type: Improper disposal
Where the data lived: Paper / films
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: Notified HHS

During the incident: Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Notified the media
Sanctioned the responsible employees
Retrained all staff on the proper disposal methods for PHI
Changes made: Retrained all staff on the proper disposal methods for PHI
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: Apr 14, 2022
Raw hash: d2dc8080d7fe5fdcfd27374ca9841464366e46cf4d303bda5ce988a88fab72d2

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Reporting entityMountain Area Health Education Center

Victim entityMountain Area Health Education Center

IncidentMisconfiguration

Stated responseNotified HHS

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing