TENNESSEEAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareDisposal ErrorCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

WELLMONT HEALTH SYSTEM

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 1, 2015

Filed

Apr 24, 2015

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

1,726

Confidence

68%

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Wellmont Health System reported to HHS on 2015-04-24 a Improper Disposal affecting 1726 individuals. Breached information located on Other, Paper/Films. An employee disposed of hand-written notes containing PHI (demographic and clinical) at a recycling center.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS report on time8 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 · 8 weeks / 54 days

Mar 1, 2015

Discovered

Apr 24, 2015

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1,726 affectedView incident

Name: WELLMONT HEALTH SYSTEM
norm: wellmont health system
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: WELLMONT HEALTH SYSTEM
norm: wellmont health system
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Mar 1, 2015
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,726nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Improper disposal
Where the data lived: OtherPaper / films
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
MITRE ATT&CK: T1530 Data from Cloud Storage
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed above

During the incident: Retrained its workforce to emphasize the importance of safeguarding and properly disposing of PHI
Provided breach notification to HHS, to affected individuals, to the media, and on its website
Changes made: Employees now utilize laptops and other mobile devices to create notes in patient records, making paper notes virtually nonexistent
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(54 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 1, 2015
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Mar 1, 2015
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Mar 1, 2015 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Mar 1, 2015 → 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 24, 2015
Raw hash: 557fcfbf4125b065e74f17596dc6bf46c6628fe23194853b82912a512456db30

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Reporting entityWELLMONT HEALTH SYSTEM

Victim entityWELLMONT HEALTH SYSTEM

Incidentdiscovered Mar 1, 2015

Stated responseRetrained its workforce to emphasize the importance of safeguarding and properly disposing of PHI

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing