ILLINOISAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisdeliveryBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)LowResolved

Midwest Orthopaedic Center, S.C.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Dec 1, 2013

Filed

Jul 23, 2014

To disclose

33 weeks

Affected

680

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Midwest Orthopaedic Center, S.C. →

Midwest Orthopaedic Center SC reported to HHS on 2014-07-23 a Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 680 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. A former business associate, McKesson Corporation, unintentionally made patient records accessible on the Internet via Google search between Dec 1, 2013 and Apr 17, 2014. Data was destroyed, caches purged, and credit monitoring offered.

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HIPAA clock✗ HHS report late33 weeks 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 · 33 weeks / 234 days

Dec 1, 2013

Begins

Dec 1, 2013

Discovered

Jul 23, 2014

Filed

vs. sector median

+21 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed680 affectedView incident

Name: Midwest Orthopaedic Center, S.C.
norm: midwest orthopaedic center sc
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Midwest Orthopaedic Center, S.C.
norm: midwest orthopaedic center sc
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Dec 1, 2013
Breach occurred: Dec 1, 2013 – Apr 17, 2014
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 680nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Business associate
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1530 Data from Cloud Storage Object
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: Notified HHSOCR obtained written assurances that the CE and BA implemented the corrective actions
Third party: via McKesson Corporationbusiness associate

During the incident: Safeguarded the information and made it inaccessible on the Internet
Confirmed that the web server was properly removed from public Internet access
Confirmed that the data at issue was destroyed
Contacted Google to ensure all caches pages were destroyed
Provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Offered credit monitoring to the affected individuals
Changes made: Implemented corrective actions listed by OCR
Ensured data security policies were in compliance with CE requirements
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 33 weeks(234 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS report lateHHS 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: Dec 1, 2013
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report late
HIPAA
Discovered: Dec 1, 2013
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Dec 1, 2013 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report late
HIPAA	Discovered: Dec 1, 2013 → 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: Jul 23, 2014
Raw hash: 2133dcbd46fb63e734aede0cc9ca7a36180c7238d62f9dfba76c1400e320dca1

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Reporting entityMidwest Orthopaedic Center, S.C.

Victim entityMidwest Orthopaedic Center, S.C.

Incidentdiscovered Dec 1, 2013

Stated responseSafeguarded the information and made it inaccessible on the Internet

ComplianceHHS report late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing