OREGONAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MetadataMediumResolved

Family Medical Group Northeast PC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 27, 2018

Filed

Aug 22, 2018

To disclose

26 days

Affected

2,077

Confidence

96%

Full breach record for Family Medical Group Northeast PC →

Family Medical Group Northeast PC reported to HHS on 2018-08-22 an Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 2,077 individuals. On July 27, 2018, a workforce member erroneously sent an email containing PHI to 200 patients. PHI involved included patients' names, dates of birth, email addresses, and medical record numbers. Breached information was located on a Desktop Computer. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and media; posted substitute notice; counseled the involved employee; revised its PHI Data Extraction and Transmission policy; and retrained all workforce members. OCR provided technical assistance and confirmed corrective actions.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS report on time26 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 · 26 days

Jul 27, 2018

Begins

Jul 27, 2018

Discovered

Aug 22, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

9 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed2,077 affectedView incident

Name: Family Medical Group Northeast PC
norm: family medical group northeast
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Family Medical Group Northeast PC
norm: family medical group northeast
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Jul 27, 2018
Breach occurred: Jul 27, 2018
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 2,077nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)Metadata
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Desktop computer
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1534 Internal Spearphishing
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: HHS OCR notified; OCR provided substantial technical assistance and obtained corrective action assurances
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Breach notification sent to HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Substitute notice posted on website
Dedicated staff member assigned to handle individual inquiries
Changes made: Counseled the involved employee
Revised PHI Data Extraction and Transmission policy
Retrained all workforce members on breach issues
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 26 days(26 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS report on timeHHS 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: Jul 27, 2018
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Jul 27, 2018
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Jul 27, 2018 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Jul 27, 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: Aug 22, 2018
Raw hash: 09890898865af6fdd6fdf668e347654f1a07f23b9273f4c4a074c32422660a2e

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Reporting entityFamily Medical Group Northeast PC

Victim entityFamily Medical Group Northeast PC

Incidentdiscovered Jul 27, 2018

Stated responseBreach notification sent to HHS, affected individuals, and the media

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing