PENNSYLVANIAAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareDisposal ErrorBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Financial accountMediumResolved

Cosmetic Surgery Specialists, P.C.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Jul 23, 2019

To disclose

—

Affected

3,000

Confidence

98%

Full breach record for Cosmetic Surgery Specialists, P.C. →

Cosmetic Surgery Specialists, P.C. (PA) reported to HHS on 2019-07-23 an Improper Disposal breach affecting 3,000 individuals. A former business associate, Health Claim Services, left patient billing records in a storage facility; the records were placed in a dumpster after the storage space contents were auctioned off due to non-payment. Exposed PHI included names, home addresses, telephone numbers, health insurance information, and descriptions of services (Paper/Films). The CE arranged for the records to be shredded and notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. OCR provided technical assistance regarding BA agreement retention requirements.

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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

Jul 23, 2019

Filed

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No filing yet · watching

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed3,000 affectedView incident

Name: Cosmetic Surgery Specialists, P.C.
norm: cosmetic surgery specialists
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Cosmetic Surgery Specialists, P.C.
norm: cosmetic surgery specialists
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 3,000nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)Financial account
HHS breach type: Improper disposal
Where the data lived: Paper / films
Covered-entity type: Healthcare providerBusiness associate involved
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
Threat actor: Partner
Regulator citations: OCR provided technical assistance on the need to retain BA agreements for at least six years after the termination of a BA relationship
Third party: via Health Claim Services

During the incident: CE ensured storage facility shredded the records
Notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Changes made: Storage facility shredded the remaining records to prevent further disclosures
Breach notification sent to HHS, affected individuals, and the media
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: Jul 23, 2019
Raw hash: b3e627cc04fc07d3645e3ea7e8ee3f0848c4bbe891856302667bb0f4933572e2

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Reporting entityCosmetic Surgery Specialists, P.C.

Victim entityCosmetic Surgery Specialists, P.C.

IncidentMisconfiguration

Stated responseCE ensured storage facility shredded the records

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing