FLORIDAMisuseHealthcareHealthcarePrivilege AbuseData MishandlingData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

Pointe Medical Services, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 11, 2016

Filed

Apr 1, 2016

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

2,055

Confidence

98%

Full breach record for Pointe Medical Services, Inc. →

Pointe Medical Services, Inc. (FL) reported to HHS on 2016-04-01 a Theft/insider incident affecting 2,055 patients. A former nurse practitioner downloaded patient records between Oct 23–Dec 15, 2015 and used the data to solicit patients to her new practice. Discovered Feb 11, 2016. Breached data on Desktop Computer and Other Portable Electronic Device included names, DOBs, phone numbers, diagnoses, conditions, and health insurance information.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS report on time7 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

undetected · 111 days

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 50 days

Oct 23, 2015

Begins

Feb 11, 2016

Discovered

Apr 1, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

5 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed2,055 affectedView incident

Name: Pointe Medical Services, Inc.
norm: pointe medical
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Pointe Medical Services, Inc.
norm: pointe medical
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Feb 11, 2016
Breach occurred: Oct 23, 2015 – Dec 15, 2015
Undetected for: 111 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 2,055nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Theft
Where the data lived: Desktop computerPortable electronic device
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Insider
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: InternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified HHS OCROCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed above
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Provided breach notification to HHS
Provided breach notification to affected individuals
Published breach notification on its website
Notified various media outlets across Georgia and Florida
Changes made: Retrained its workforce
Disabled the ability to download information to removable electronic storage devices
Increased the frequency of its electronic health record activity audits
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(50 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS report on timeHHS 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: Feb 11, 2016
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Feb 11, 2016
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Feb 11, 2016 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Feb 11, 2016 → 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 1, 2016
Raw hash: e868595dabe28c1b7a2faa39f118e0011fa2cdab0221eb2ce57d3d45699f9cb5

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Reporting entityPointe Medical Services, Inc.

Victim entityPointe Medical Services, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Feb 11, 2016

Stated responseProvided breach notification to HHS

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing