DisclosureLens
NEW YORKAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareDisposal ErrorCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighResolved

The Mount Sinai Medical Center, Inc.

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Oct 4, 2013

To disclose

—

Affected

1,586

Confidence

97%
Full breach record for The Mount Sinai Medical Center, Inc. →7 incidents on file

Mount Sinai Medical Center (NY) reported to HHS OCR on 2013-10-04 an Improper Disposal breach affecting 1,586 individuals. A trash vendor placed two garbage bags of PHI in an open box outside the Department of Preventive Medicine with regular trash. PHI included patient names, dates of service, payer information, clinical information, mental health information, and Social Security numbers (Paper/Films). CE retrieved the materials, retrained staff, and sanctioned the responsible supervisor. OCR provided TA on accounting of disclosures.

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.

Incident timeline — partial

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Breach window unknown

Oct 4, 2013

Filed

No interval is drawn: no breach start or discovery date is on record for this filing.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1,586 affectedView incident

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.