CALIFORNIAPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedHEALTH_BASICIDENTITY_BASICIDENTITY_GOVERNMENTHighResolved

U.S. HealthWorks

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U.S. HealthWorks (CA) reported to HHS on 2016-09-09 a Theft affecting 1,400 individuals. On July 18, 2016, a CE-issued laptop and a notebook containing the laptop encryption password were stolen from an employee's automobile. Breached PHI included patient names, clinical information, visit dates, and SSNs for some patients. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media, offered credit monitoring for those with SSNs exposed, sanctioned the employee, and retrained staff. OCR provided Security Rule technical assistance. Breached information located on: Laptop.

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.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1,400 affectedView incident

Source provenance

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: Sep 9, 2016
Raw hash: 19e42295f114b7d489c384a474d421507a305a7bde18c6fffc347e38395654fa

Source filing

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Reporting entity

Name: U.S. HealthWorks
norm: us healthworks
Industry: Health Care Services

Victim entity

Name: U.S. HealthWorks
norm: us healthworks
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Incident

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,400
Data types: HEALTH_BASICIDENTITY_BASICIDENTITY_GOVERNMENT
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: OCR provided technical assistance regarding the Security Rule, including risk analysis and risk management.

Compliance

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

Extraction provenance

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.