ARKANSASAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisdeliveryBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

Cardiology Associates of Jonesboro, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 18, 2016

Filed

Mar 4, 2016

To disclose

15 days

Affected

1,669

Confidence

67%

Cardiology Associates of Jonesboro, Inc. reported to HHS on 2016-03-04 a Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 1669 individuals. Breached information located on Paper/Films. A software error caused appointment reminders to be mailed to incorrect patients, disclosing names and appointment details.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS report on time15 days 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 · 15 days

Feb 18, 2016

Discovered

Mar 4, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

7 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1,669 affectedView incident

Name: Cardiology Associates of Jonesboro, Inc.
norm: cardiology associates of jonesboro
Domain: cardiologyassociatesofnea.com
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Cardiology Associates of Jonesboro, Inc.
norm: cardiology associates of jonesboro
Domain: cardiologyassociatesofnea.com
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Feb 18, 2016
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,669nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Paper / films
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
MITRE ATT&CK: T1530 Data from Cloud Storage
Threat actor: Internal
Third party: via Document Output Center, LLCbusiness associate

During the incident: Worked with the BA to implement a process to check merged files before mailing to make sure they are correct
Provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Changes made: Implemented a process to check merged files before mailing to make sure they are correct
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 15 days(15 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: Feb 18, 2016
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Feb 18, 2016
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Feb 18, 2016 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Feb 18, 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: Mar 4, 2016
Raw hash: 43d4c03c3b8f3add77e84edb92daece9e14690c94aa3e1c3476c8ac9dbe188a9

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Reporting entityCardiology Associates of Jonesboro, Inc.

Victim entityCardiology Associates of Jonesboro, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Feb 18, 2016

Stated responseWorked with the BA to implement a process to check merged files before mailing to make sure they are correct

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing