CALIFORNIAPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

Kindred Nursing Centers West, L.L.C.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 31, 2015

Filed

Sep 25, 2015

To disclose

25 days

Affected

1,125

Confidence

66%

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Kindred Nursing Centers West, L.L.C. reported to HHS on 2015-09-25 a Theft affecting 1125 individuals. Breached information located on Desktop Computer. A password-protected office computer was stolen from a locked office on August 31, 2015, containing PHI including patient names, admission/discharge dates, facility names, patient IDs, and accounting information.

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HIPAA clockDiscovered Aug 31, 2015 → Notified Sep 25, 201525d ✓ HHS report on time25 days discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 25 days

Aug 31, 2015

Begins

Aug 31, 2015

Discovered

Sep 25, 2015

Filed

vs. sector median

9 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1,125 affectedView incident

Name: Kindred Nursing Centers West, L.L.C.
norm: kindred nursing centers west
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Kindred Nursing Centers West, L.L.C.
norm: kindred nursing centers west
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Aug 31, 2015
Breach occurred: Aug 31, 2015
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 25, 2015
Affected individuals: 1,125nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Theft
Where the data lived: Desktop computer
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified HHSOCR obtained assurances that the CE improved its physical safeguards, revised its encryption policy, strengthened its password requirements, and retrained workforce members

During the incident: Provided breach notification to HHS, the affected individuals, and the media
Improved its physical safeguards
Revised its encryption policy
Strengthened its password requirements
Retrained workforce members
Changes made: Improved its physical safeguards
Revised its encryption policy
Strengthened its password requirements
Retrained workforce members
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 25 days(25 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS report on time · 25dHHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Aug 31, 2015
→ Notified: Sep 25, 2015
25d 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Aug 31, 2015
→ Notified: Sep 25, 2015
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Aug 31, 2015 → Notified: Sep 25, 2015	25d	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Aug 31, 2015 → Notified: Sep 25, 2015	—	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 25, 2015
Raw hash: 026e59baa35ff25cb07730f32bb4eceeb689876461c2bd3236af61315a24b7f0

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Reporting entityKindred Nursing Centers West, L.L.C.

Victim entityKindred Nursing Centers West, L.L.C.

Incidentdiscovered Aug 31, 2015

Stated responseProvided breach notification to HHS, the affected individuals, and the media

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing