GEORGIAAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)MetadataLowResolved

Braun Internal Medicine, P.C.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

May 17, 2017

Filed

Jul 14, 2017

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

680

Confidence

98%

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On May 17, 2017, Braun Internal Medicine, P.C. (GA) sent a bulk email to 680 patients regarding a business transition without using the blind copy (BCC) feature, exposing all recipients' email addresses to one another. The exposed PHI was limited to email addresses; no other PHI was disclosed. The covered entity sanctioned the responsible employee, implemented new email PHI safeguarding policies, trained all staff, and issued breach notifications to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. OCR obtained assurances of corrective action. Breach submitted to HHS on 2017-07-14. Breached information located in Email.

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HIPAA clockDiscovered May 17, 2017 → Notified Jul 14, 201758d ✓ HHS report on time8 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 58 days

May 17, 2017

Begins

May 17, 2017

Discovered

Jul 14, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed680 affectedView incident

Name: Braun Internal Medicine, P.C.
norm: braun internal medicine
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Braun Internal Medicine, P.C.
norm: braun internal medicine
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: May 17, 2017
Breach occurred: May 17, 2017
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 14, 2017
Affected individuals: 680nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Metadata
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented voluntary corrective actions.
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Sanctioned the responsible employee.
Implemented a new policy with procedures for safeguarding PHI in emails.
Trained all employees on the new email PHI safeguarding procedures.
Provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media.
Changes made: Adopted use of blind copy (BCC) or equivalent for bulk patient email communications.
New procedural controls for PHI in outbound email.
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(58 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS report on time · 58dHHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: May 17, 2017
→ Notified: Jul 14, 2017
58d 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: May 17, 2017
→ Notified: Jul 14, 2017
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: May 17, 2017 → Notified: Jul 14, 2017	58d	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: May 17, 2017 → Notified: Jul 14, 2017	—	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: Jul 14, 2017
Raw hash: e9ed4a551dcdf91d25f0bb311a19201f87d9bc8237a25410b32c1ace39b21dd7

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Reporting entityBraun Internal Medicine, P.C.

Victim entityBraun Internal Medicine, P.C.

Incidentdiscovered May 17, 2017

Stated responseSanctioned the responsible employee.

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing