FLORIDAMisuseHealthcareHealthcareTheftPrivilege AbuseCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedEmployee Data InvolvedPHIIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHighResolved

Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition of Florida, P.A.

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Severity

High

Discovered

Jun 25, 2015

Filed

Aug 24, 2015

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

13,000

Confidence

97%

Full breach record for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition of Florida, P.A. →

Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition of Florida, P.A. reported to HHS on 2015-08-24 a Theft affecting 13,000 individuals. An employee removed appointment sheets containing patient names, SSNs, dates of birth, and account numbers without authorization. The Tampa Police Department notified the CE on June 25, 2015 after the documents were found in a criminal investigation. The employee was terminated and criminally investigated. OCR obtained assurances of corrective action.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS report on time9 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 · 9 weeks / 60 days

Jun 25, 2015

Begins

Jun 25, 2015

Discovered

Aug 24, 2015

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed13,000 affectedView incident

Name: Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition of Florida, P.A.
norm: pediatric gastroenterology hepatology nutrition of florida
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition of Florida, P.A.
norm: pediatric gastroenterology hepatology nutrition of florida
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Jun 25, 2015
Breach occurred: Jun 25, 2015
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 13,000nationwide
Data types: PHIIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
HHS breach type: Theft
Where the data lived: Paper / films
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Insider
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: Notified HHSOCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions notedEmployee was criminally investigated for actions related to this breach
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Notified HHS and affected individuals
Set up a toll free number to answer questions
Terminated the involved employee's employment
Changes made: Reviewed its policies and retrained staff on its HIPAA privacy and security policies
Implemented physical security procedures to reduce the risk of unauthorized access to printed documents
Implemented role based access procedures to limit access to electronic PHI
Improved administrative safeguards by requiring random background checks on its employees throughout the duration of their employment
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(60 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS report on timeHHS 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: Jun 25, 2015
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Jun 25, 2015
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Jun 25, 2015 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Jun 25, 2015 → 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 24, 2015
Raw hash: 8bde3af6c48ca427b7ec0961409b26713b5d41405a98bcf8ba8360299e0614ca

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Reporting entityPediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition of Florida, P.A.

Victim entityPediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition of Florida, P.A.

Incidentdiscovered Jun 25, 2015

Stated responseNotified HHS and affected individuals

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing