TENNESSEEPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Financial accountLowResolved

Summit Medical Associates

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Sep 4, 2011

Filed

Sep 28, 2011

To disclose

24 days

Affected

731

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Summit Medical Associates →5 incidents on file

Summit Medical Group, PLLC reported to HHS on 2011-09-28 a Theft affecting 731 individuals. Breached information located on Paper/Films. An employee's car was burglarized, resulting in the theft of paper reports containing patient PHI including names, DOBs, diagnoses, and account numbers.

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HIPAA clockDiscovered Sep 4, 2011 → Notified Sep 28, 201124d ✓ HHS report on time24 days discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 24 days

Sep 4, 2011

Begins

Sep 4, 2011

Discovered

Sep 28, 2011

Filed

vs. sector median

7 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed731 affectedView incident

Name: Summit Medical Associates
norm: summit medical associates
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Summit Medical Associates
norm: summit medical associates
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Sep 4, 2011
Breach occurred: Sep 4, 2011
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 28, 2011
Affected individuals: 731nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Financial account
HHS breach type: Theft
Where the data lived: Paper / films
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified HHSOCR investigation

During the incident: Provided breach notification to HHS, the media, and affected individuals
Offered credit monitoring services
Created a customer service center to handle questions
Initiated an internal investigation
Filed a police report
Notified the affected physician sites of the breach
Conducted a risk assessment
Adopted additional identification verification measures for affected individuals
Changes made: Updated its HIPAA policies and procedures
Improved safeguards by encrypting laptop computers
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 24 days(24 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS report on time · 24dHHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Sep 4, 2011
→ Notified: Sep 28, 2011
24d 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Sep 4, 2011
→ Notified: Sep 28, 2011
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Sep 4, 2011 → Notified: Sep 28, 2011	24d	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Sep 4, 2011 → Notified: Sep 28, 2011	—	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: Sep 28, 2011
Raw hash: 327018fe3cb64a8b9aff44914ef9397861df381eaa92f14a74c7440d82fb3455

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Reporting entitySummit Medical Associates

Victim entitySummit Medical Associates

Incidentdiscovered Sep 4, 2011

Stated responseProvided breach notification to HHS, the media, and affected individuals

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing