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

Accuprint

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Aug 15, 2011

To disclose

—

Affected

5,848

Confidence

93%

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Accuprint (a Business Associate in Puerto Rico) reported to HHS on 2011-08-15 a Theft/misdelivery incident affecting 5,848 individuals. The BA erroneously mailed EOB letters containing PHI — including names, addresses, CPT codes, providers' names, and dates of service — to the wrong individuals. Location of breached information: Other. OCR investigated, provided technical assistance on the Breach Notification Rule, and verified a proper BA agreement was in place. Remediation included new QC policies and BA software validation of EOBs before mailing.

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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

Aug 15, 2011

Filed

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

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed5,848 affectedView incident

Name: Accuprint
norm: accuprint

Name: Accuprint
norm: accuprint
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 5,848nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Theft
Where the data lived: Other
Covered-entity type: Business associate
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: Partner
Regulator citations: OCR investigated the breach and provided technical assistance regarding requirements of the Breach Notification RuleOCR verified that a proper Business Associate Agreement was in place

During the incident: CE provided notice to the 5,848 affected individuals upon discovery of the breach
Changes made: CE developed policies and procedures requiring quality control checks on the BA
BA adopted a new software system that validates the contents of EOBs prior to mailing
CE published a media notice following OCR investigation
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.

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: Aug 15, 2011
Raw hash: aa5e01b74c5afb3a489793b5bc3b966667756b91b6d4488c4759051e0e9d50ad

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Reporting entityAccuprint

Victim entityAccuprint

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseCE provided notice to the 5,848 affected individuals upon discovery of the breach

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing