PAAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareDisposal ErrorBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedHEALTH_BASICIDENTITY_BASICFINANCIAL_ACCOUNTMediumResolved

Cosmetic Surgery Specialists, P.C.

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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.

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.

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

Source provenance

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

Source filing

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Reporting entity

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

Victim entity

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

Incident

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 3,000
Data types: HEALTH_BASICIDENTITY_BASICFINANCIAL_ACCOUNT
Attack vector: Misconfiguration· Health Claim Services
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

Compliance

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

Extraction provenance

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.