AccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisdeliveryEmployee Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)LowResolved

OB Hospitalist Group, Inc.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Jul 18, 2023

Filed

Jul 26, 2023

To disclose

8 days

Affected

5state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for OB Hospitalist Group, Inc. →

Ob Hospitalist Group (OBHG) notified patients in South Carolina that on July 16, 2023, a physician unintentionally faxed a billing form containing patient names, medical record numbers, and dates of birth to an incorrect number. The incident was discovered on July 18, 2023. No SSNs or financial data were involved. OBHG counseled the physician and reiterated annual PHI security training.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 2 days

discovery → filing · 8 days

Jul 16, 2023

Begins

Jul 18, 2023

Discovered

Jul 26, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

11 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed5 affectedView incident

Name: OB Hospitalist Group, Inc.
norm: ob hospitalist
Domain: obhg.com

Name: OB Hospitalist Group, Inc.
norm: ob hospitalist
Domain: obhg.com
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Jul 18, 2023
Breach occurred: Jul 16, 2023
Undetected for: 2 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 5state-resident count only
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1535 Untrusted Physical Device
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: Notify the U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesNotify the South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA)

During the incident: Counseled the physician to double-check fax numbers before sending a fax
Provide training on PHI security to all our employees every year
Notify the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Notify the South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA)
Changes made: Provide training on PHI security to all our employees every year
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 days(8 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

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://consumer.sc.gov/sites/consumer/files/Documents/Security%20Breach%20Notices/ObHospitalistGroup.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 26, 2023
Raw hash: ba452adc8958bf26d1e53f67d71f11551f7840486375d12b6b85215fd32313b7

Reporting entityOB Hospitalist Group, Inc.

Victim entityOB Hospitalist Group, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Jul 18, 2023

Stated responseCounseled the physician to double-check fax numbers before sending a fax

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov