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ARKANSASAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

Nephropathology Associates, PLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Oct 16, 2015

To disclose

—

Affected

1,260

Confidence

97%
Full breach record for Nephropathology Associates, PLC →

On July 30, 2015, a physician at Nephropathology Associates, PLC (AR) emailed a spreadsheet containing 1,260 patients' names and clinical information to an outside vendor under consideration for a potential project — an impermissible disclosure. The CE notified referring hospitals, HHS, and affected individuals. The vendor confirmed destruction of all PHI received. The CE issued a written warning and retraining to the responsible employee and obtained OCR assurance of corrective action completion. Breached information was located in Email.

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

Jul 30, 2015

Begins

Oct 16, 2015

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1,260 affectedView incident

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.