MisuseHealthcareHealthcareData MishandlingCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDPHIHealth (basic)MediumResolved

Medical Clinic of Houston, L.L.P.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 23, 2018

Filed

May 22, 2018

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Medical Clinic of Houston, L.L.P. →

Medical Clinic of Houston, L.L.P. disclosed that on March 23, 2018, a staff member inadvertently submitted patient protected health information (PHI) and identity data (including SSN) to a pharmaceutical company for insurance verification without written authorization. The clinic investigated, offered one year of credit monitoring via Kroll, and retrained staff.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 60 days

Mar 23, 2018

Discovered

May 22, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

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

Name: Medical Clinic of Houston, L.L.P.
norm: medical clinic of houston

Name: Medical Clinic of Houston, L.L.P.
norm: medical clinic of houston
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Mar 23, 2018
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDPHIHealth (basic)
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: Internal

During the incident: Arranged for credit monitoring and identity restoration services from Kroll at no cost for one year
Began an investigation to determine what information was submitted
Retraining employees on the appropriate process for obtaining patient consent
Working with the pharmaceutical company to determine if information can be deleted
Changes made: Retraining employees on the appropriate process for obtaining patient consent
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(60 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/Medical-Center-of-Houston.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 22, 2018
Raw hash: 090686b640adc8b26beba7f151ff4641a6435a7d5e7f9d75a10abda30aef0621

Reporting entityMedical Clinic of Houston, L.L.P.

Victim entityMedical Clinic of Houston, L.L.P.

Incidentdiscovered Mar 23, 2018

Stated responseArranged for credit monitoring and identity restoration services from Kroll at no cost for one year

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov