FLORIDAMisuseHealthcareHealthcarePrivilege AbuseEmbezzlementCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedFinancial accountIdentity (basic)Health (basic)MediumResolved

West Kendall Baptist Hospital

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 9, 2018

Filed

Apr 2, 2018

To disclose

24 days

Affected

1,480

Confidence

96%

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On March 9, 2018, West Kendall Baptist Hospital (FL) discovered that an employee was using patient credit card numbers to make personal purchases. The breach affected 1,480 individuals and exposed PHI including credit card numbers, names, and addresses. The hospital sanctioned the responsible employee, enhanced credit card vendor reporting, developed new policies, and retrained staff. OCR obtained assurances that corrective actions were implemented. Breached information located in: Other.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS report on time24 days 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

discovery → filing · 24 days

Mar 9, 2018

Discovered

Apr 2, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1,480 affectedView incident

Name: West Kendall Baptist Hospital
norm: west kendall baptist hospital
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: West Kendall Baptist Hospital
norm: west kendall baptist hospital
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Mar 9, 2018
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,480nationwide
Data types: Financial accountIdentity (basic)Health (basic)
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Other
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: InternalFinancial
Regulator citations: HHS OCR — corrective action assurances obtained
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Sanctioned the responsible employee
Added information to credit card vendor reports about how electronic purchases are processed by employees
Developed new policies
Included information about the breach in annual training
Retrained staff members
Changes made: Policy updates
Staff retraining
Enhanced credit card transaction monitoring
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 24 days(24 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: Mar 9, 2018
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Mar 9, 2018
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Mar 9, 2018 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Mar 9, 2018 → 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: Apr 2, 2018
Raw hash: 28a2389d639d964e9cd14079263180f23690aa69243deb1e975720f7c7ba3d26

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Reporting entityWest Kendall Baptist Hospital

Victim entityWest Kendall Baptist Hospital

Incidentdiscovered Mar 9, 2018

Stated responseSanctioned the responsible employee

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing