MICHIGANHackingHealthcareHealthcareBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumContained

North Ottawa Medical Group

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 1, 2015

Filed

Jun 9, 2016

To disclose

27 weeks

Affected

22,000

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for North Ottawa Medical Group →

North Ottawa Medical Group reported to HHS on 2016-06-09 a Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 22000 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. Business associate Bizmatics suffered the breach; NOMG submitted its BAA to OCR.

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HIPAA clock✗ HHS report late27 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 27 weeks / 191 days

Dec 1, 2015

Discovered

Jun 9, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

+15 wks slower

Part of Bizmatics supply-chain incident (2016) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed22,000 affectedView incident

Name: North Ottawa Medical Group
norm: north ottawa medical
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: North Ottawa Medical Group
norm: north ottawa medical
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Dec 1, 2015
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 22,000nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Healthcare providerBusiness associate involved
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Consolidated into an existing case
Third party: via Bizmaticsbusiness associate

During the incident: Submitted copy of Business Associate Agreement (BAA) with Bizmatics to OCR
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 27 weeks(191 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS report lateHHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Dec 1, 2015
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report late
HIPAA
Discovered: Dec 1, 2015
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Dec 1, 2015 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report late
HIPAA	Discovered: Dec 1, 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: Jun 9, 2016
Raw hash: 646d0183ab622f832fe777c857f85c806ed81b52d6377ac0f9eb0d83180f07e9

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Reporting entityNorth Ottawa Medical Group

Victim entityNorth Ottawa Medical Group

Incidentdiscovered Dec 1, 2015

Stated responseSubmitted copy of Business Associate Agreement (BAA) with Bizmatics to OCR

ComplianceHHS report late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing