FEDERALSocial EngineeringHealthcareHealthcarePhishingCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedPHIPIIIDENTITY_BASICIDENTITY_GOVERNMENTHEALTH_BASICHighResolved

Ascend Clinical, LLC

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Full breach record for Ascend Clinical, LLC →

Ascend Clinical, LLC (a California healthcare provider) reported to HHS OCR on 2020-10-19 that an email phishing attack compromising numerous employee mailboxes exposed the ePHI of 77,443 individuals. Exposed data included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, lab results, and prescribed medications. The entity notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media; offered free credit monitoring, identity theft, and fraud protection services; and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards along with staff retraining.

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.

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

bd_6882f24b5e369f8aMaine State AGfiled 2020-10-23(4d gap)Verified
bd_43c5891ca65999efCalifornia State AGfiled 2020-10-26(7d gap)Candidate
bd_80d721f819ea5e74Washington State AGfiled 2020-10-27(8d gap)Verified
bd_affdc1609c7f455aOregon State AGfiled 2020-10-27(8d gap)Verified

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: Oct 19, 2020
Raw hash: ab60472e05dec6d2ee407221d10fa5d6af59844ad855f338bf69d423f3330bf5

Source filing

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Reporting entity

Name: Ascend Clinical, LLC
norm: ascend clinical
Domain: labcheck5.com

Victim entity

Name: Ascend Clinical, LLC
norm: ascend clinical
Domain: labcheck5.com
Industry: Healthcare Provider
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Incident

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 77,443
Data types: PHIPIIIDENTITY_BASICIDENTITY_GOVERNMENTHEALTH_BASIC
Attack vector: Phishing
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: HHS OCR breach report
Initial access: phishing_link

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.