PUERTO RICOAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisdeliveryBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

MSO of Puerto Rico

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Feb 17, 2010

To disclose

—

Affected

1,907

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

95%

Full breach record for MSO of Puerto Rico →

MSO of Puerto Rico, Inc. (a Business Associate) reported to HHS OCR on 2010-02-17 a Theft-classified breach affecting 1,907 individuals. The BA erroneously merged two mailing lists, disclosing PHI—including names, internal ID numbers, and number of emergency room visits—via Paper/Films. The BA established a quality control process for outgoing mail; the CE implemented additional QC policies and retrained all staff on privacy and security procedures following OCR investigation.

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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

Feb 17, 2010

Filed

No interval is drawn: no breach start or discovery date is on record for this filing.

This filing is one of 2 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

HHS OCRbd_fe67d94c95b36ee12010-02-17Candidate

Name: MSO of Puerto Rico
norm: mso of puerto rico

Name: MSO of Puerto Rico
norm: mso of puerto rico
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,907nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Theft
Where the data lived: Paper / films
Covered-entity type: Business associate
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
Threat actor: Partner
Regulator citations: HHS OCR investigation conducted; CE created and implemented additional policies and procedures for quality control of mailings; staff training provided on revised privacy and security policies and procedures.

During the incident: Business associate established a quality control process for letters sent by mail.
Covered entity created and implemented additional policies and procedures for quality control of mailings.
Covered entity provided training to all staff on revised privacy and security policies and procedures.
Changes made: Quality control process established by business associate for outgoing mail.
New policies and procedures implemented by covered entity.
Staff training completed on revised privacy and security policies.
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.

Filing propagation · 2 filings

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HHS OCRFeb 17 · first

HHS OCRFeb 17 · first · this page

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: Feb 17, 2010
Raw hash: ec99f795b3ff3638bb40a379145d2d8efaacd0e402e8038e00a140fe91ba6f75

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMSO of Puerto Rico

Victim entityMSO of Puerto Rico

IncidentMisconfiguration

Stated responseBusiness associate established a quality control process for letters sent by mail.

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing