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South Bend Medical Foundation Inc

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

May 28, 2020

To disclose

—

Affected

500

Confidence

98%
Full breach record for South Bend Medical Foundation Inc →

South Bend Medical Foundation, Inc. (IN) reported to HHS OCR on 2020-05-28 an Improper Disposal breach affecting approximately 500 individuals. The covered entity's business associate improperly destroyed PHI including names, Social Security numbers, and lab results stored on paper/films. The CE notified HHS, individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice. Corrective actions included proper destruction of mishandled records and revised PHI protection policies. OCR obtained assurances of implementation.

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

May 28, 2020

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.Confirmed500 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.