MISSOURIPhysicalHealthcareGovernmentHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)MediumResolved

John J. Pershing VA Medical Center

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Apr 11, 2013

To disclose

—

Affected

589

Confidence

95%

Full breach record for John J. Pershing VA Medical Center →2 incidents on file

John J. Pershing VA Medical Center (MO) reported to HHS on 2013-04-11 a Theft affecting 589 individuals. Breached information located on Paper/Films. Business associate Stress Laboratory placed a box of unsecured PHI (names, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, and age) in an equipment storage room. The BA employee involved separated from employment in 2012; the BA was reorganized and incorporated into the CE. OCR opened an investigation and obtained assurances of corrective actions, including new PHI-handling policies and employee retraining.

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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

Apr 11, 2013

Filed

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No filing yet · watching

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed589 affectedView incident

Name: John J. Pershing VA Medical Center
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Industry: Health Care Services

Name: John J. Pershing VA Medical Center
norm: john j pershing va medical center
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource defaultGovernmentllm

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 589nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)
HHS breach type: Theft
Where the data lived: Paper / films
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: Partner
Regulator citations: OCR opened investigationOCR obtained assurances that CE implemented corrective actions
Third party: via Stress Laboratory

During the incident: Breach notification provided to affected individuals, HHS, and the media
Substitute notification posted on CE's main website with toll-free information number
One year of identity protection and credit monitoring services offered to affected individuals
Changes made: CE adopted new policy providing guidance to staff regarding handling of PHI
CE trained employees on new PHI-handling policy
CE re-trained employees on Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification Rules
Business associate (Stress Laboratory) was reorganized and incorporated into CE
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: Apr 11, 2013
Raw hash: 2d82b4bcd4367704d62e55e878c0d4d5a8b335986471500d5a9cdca2990631d2

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Reporting entityJohn J. Pershing VA Medical Center

Victim entityJohn J. Pershing VA Medical Center

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseBreach notification provided to affected individuals, HHS, and the media

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing