GEORGIAPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareLossCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)LowResolved

West Georgia Ambulance

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Severity

Low

Financial impact

$65K

Discovered

—

Filed

Feb 11, 2013

To disclose

—

Affected

500

Linked

2 records

Confidence

96%

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West Georgia Ambulance, Inc. reported to HHS OCR on 2013-02-11 a loss of an unencrypted laptop containing PHI of 500 individuals. OCR's investigation found long-standing HIPAA Security Rule noncompliance including failures to conduct a risk analysis, provide security training, and implement policies. West Georgia agreed to a $65,000 settlement and a corrective action plan with two years of monitoring. Breached information located on a laptop.

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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

Feb 11, 2013

Filed

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

This filing is one of 2 records about the same incident.View merged incident

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Enforcement records (1)

HHS OCR enforcementbd_e21c00c3a2f6b7892019-12-30 · +2513dVerified by operator

Name: West Georgia Ambulance
norm: west georgia ambulance
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: West Georgia Ambulance
norm: west georgia ambulance
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 500nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Loss
Where the data lived: Laptop
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Regulator citations: HHS OCR investigation following breach report filed 2013HIPAA Security Rule settlement: $65,000 civil monetary paymentCorrective Action Plan with two years of monitoring

During the incident: Monetary settlement of $65,000 paid to HHS OCR
Adopted corrective action plan including two years of monitoring
Changes made: Required to conduct risk analysis
Required to implement security awareness and training program
Required to implement HIPAA Security Rule policies and procedures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: HHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: not extracted
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: not extracted → 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: Feb 11, 2013
Raw hash: e9843474d9998b3eb186660a13af0e2e31cd58d5cec61a472941d8cb1cb196b9

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Enforcement records (1)

Reporting entityWest Georgia Ambulance

Victim entityWest Georgia Ambulance

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseMonetary settlement of $65,000 paid to HHS OCR

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing