ARIZONAMisuseHealthcareHealthcareKnowledge AbuseCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

Skin and Cancer Center of Arizona

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 29, 2015

Filed

Sep 21, 2015

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

3,311

Confidence

97%

Full breach record for Skin and Cancer Center of Arizona →

Skin and Cancer Center of Arizona reported to HHS on 2015-09-21 an Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 3,311 individuals. A former employee retained PHI after her employment ended on March 18, 2015, and further disclosed it to her new employer. Breached data included patient names, dates of birth, telephone numbers, insurance company names, and appointment reasons (Paper/Films). OCR investigated; the CE retrieved all PHI, ensured cessation of further use, retrained staff, implemented HIPAA reminders, and enhanced physical security. OCR confirmed corrective actions were implemented.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS report on time8 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 133 days

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 54 days

Mar 18, 2015

Begins

Jul 29, 2015

Discovered

Sep 21, 2015

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed3,311 affectedView incident

Name: Skin and Cancer Center of Arizona
norm: skin and cancer center of arizona
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Skin and Cancer Center of Arizona
norm: skin and cancer center of arizona
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Jul 29, 2015
Breach occurred: Mar 18, 2015
Undetected for: 133 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 3,311nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Paper / films
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: HHS OCR investigation; OCR obtained documentation of corrective actions
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Retrieved all breached PHI from former employee and former employee's new employer
Ensured former employee and new employer ceased further use or disclosure of PHI
Retrained workforce members on HIPAA
Implemented regular workforce HIPAA reminders
Increased physical security of employee workspace
Changes made: Workforce HIPAA retraining
Regular HIPAA reminders implemented
Enhanced physical security of employee workspace
All PHI copies retrieved and confirmed deleted/ceased
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(54 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS report on timeHHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Jul 29, 2015
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Jul 29, 2015
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Jul 29, 2015 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Jul 29, 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: Sep 21, 2015
Raw hash: 05c5c64715ec93933c634dce6fb39ae60fd172faa74314fa5681b77642dd3611

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Reporting entitySkin and Cancer Center of Arizona

Victim entitySkin and Cancer Center of Arizona

Incidentdiscovered Jul 29, 2015

Stated responseRetrieved all breached PHI from former employee and former employee's new employer

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing