CALIFORNIAPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighResolved

U.S. HealthWorks

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Sep 9, 2016

To disclose

—

Affected

1,400

Confidence

98%

Full breach record for U.S. HealthWorks →3 incidents on file

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.

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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

Jul 18, 2016

Begins

Sep 9, 2016

Filed

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

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

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

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Breach occurred: Jul 18, 2016
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,400nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Theft
Where the data lived: Laptop
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
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.

During the incident: Breach notification provided to HHS, affected individuals, and the media.
Substitute notification provided.
Offered one year of complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection services to individuals whose SSNs were involved.
Sanctioned the employee involved in the breach.
Retrained all employees on information security.
Changes made: Employee sanctioned.
All employees retrained on information security.
OCR technical assistance on Security Rule risk analysis and risk management received.
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: Sep 9, 2016
Raw hash: 19e42295f114b7d489c384a474d421507a305a7bde18c6fffc347e38395654fa

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Reporting entityU.S. HealthWorks

Victim entityU.S. HealthWorks

IncidentUnauthorized Access

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

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing