CALIFORNIAPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)LowResolved

Bay Area Pain and Wellness Center

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Severity

Low

Discovered

May 8, 2017

Filed

Jun 14, 2017

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

548

Confidence

98%

Full breach record for Bay Area Pain and Wellness Center →

On May 8, 2017, Bay Area Pain and Wellness Center (CA) discovered its Electromyography (EMG) machine was stolen from an employee's car. A laptop attached to the EMG contained ePHI of approximately 548 patients, including names and dates of birth. The laptop was password-protected but not encrypted. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. Remediation included laptop encryption, policy updates, and employee retraining. OCR provided technical assistance on breach notification and Security Rule requirements.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS report on time5 weeks 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 · 5 weeks / 37 days

May 8, 2017

Begins

May 8, 2017

Discovered

Jun 14, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

7 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed548 affectedView incident

Name: Bay Area Pain and Wellness Center
norm: bay area pain and wellness center
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Bay Area Pain and Wellness Center
norm: bay area pain and wellness center
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: May 8, 2017
Breach occurred: May 8, 2017
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 548nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Theft
Where the data lived: Laptop
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: OCR provided technical assistance regarding breach notification and the Security Rule risk analysis and risk management provisions.

During the incident: Breach notification provided to HHS, affected individuals, and media, including substitute notification.
Retrained employees on Privacy and Security Rule policies.
Encrypted employees' laptops.
Updated Security Rule policy to prohibit employees from leaving computers and computer bags in unattended public areas.
Changes made: Laptop encryption implemented across employee devices.
Policy update prohibiting unattended storage of computer equipment in public areas.
Employee retraining on Privacy and Security Rule policies.
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(37 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: May 8, 2017
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: May 8, 2017
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: May 8, 2017 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: May 8, 2017 → 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: Jun 14, 2017
Raw hash: 97a84e59899801a02c4ef96d8888dff4891c04a08d5ee720e52933b322b69ebd

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Reporting entityBay Area Pain and Wellness Center

Victim entityBay Area Pain and Wellness Center

Incidentdiscovered May 8, 2017

Stated responseBreach notification provided to HHS, affected individuals, and media, including substitute notification.

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing