TEXASMisuseHealthcareHealthcareData MishandlingBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

Val Verde Regional Medical Center

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 18, 2015

Filed

Mar 18, 2016

To disclose

13 weeks

Affected

2,412

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Val Verde Regional Medical Center →2 incidents on file

Val Verde Regional Medical Center reported to HHS on 2016-03-18 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 2412 individuals. Breached information located on Desktop Computer, Electronic Medical Record, Email, Laptop, Network Server. A medical staff member impermissibly used PHI and sent unsecured emails containing patient data to personal email addresses.

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HIPAA clock✗ HHS report late13 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 13 weeks / 91 days

Dec 18, 2015

Discovered

Mar 18, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

+4 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed2,412 affectedView incident

Name: Val Verde Regional Medical Center
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Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Val Verde Regional Medical Center
norm: val verde regional medical center
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Dec 18, 2015
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 2,412nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Desktop computerElectronic medical recordEmailLaptopNetwork server
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566 PhishingT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: OCR provided technical assistance regarding multiple standards of the HIPAA Rules
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Revised policies and procedures and retrained staff
Conducted a new risk analysis and took actions to mitigate identified risks
Changes made: Retrained staff
Conducted a new risk analysis and took actions to mitigate identified risks
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 weeks(91 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS report lateHHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Dec 18, 2015
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report late
HIPAA
Discovered: Dec 18, 2015
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Dec 18, 2015 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report late
HIPAA	Discovered: Dec 18, 2015 → 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: Mar 18, 2016
Raw hash: f7a09403e652560bc491e09b559f29abc2d7359630e24d4326049372d02d219f

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Reporting entityVal Verde Regional Medical Center

Victim entityVal Verde Regional Medical Center

Incidentdiscovered Dec 18, 2015

Stated responseProvided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media

ComplianceHHS report late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing