NEW YORKMisuseHealthcareHealthcareMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

Central Brooklyn Medical Group, PC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Jun 19, 2015

To disclose

—

Affected

4,223

Confidence

97%

Full breach record for Central Brooklyn Medical Group, PC →2 incidents on file

Between January 1 and April 18, 2015, an employed physician at Central Brooklyn Medical Group, PC (Brooklyn, NY) impermissibly disclosed PHI of ~500 patients to former medical assistants via fax on multiple occasions. In one instance, a transposed fax number sent the PHI of 88 patients to an unrelated third party. PHI involved: names, ages, sex, appointment dates/times/reasons, physician names, and medical conditions. The CE notified 4,223 individuals, sanctioned the physician, confirmed PHI destruction, retrained staff, and reported the physician to NY's Office for Professional Medical Conduct. OCR obtained corrective-action assurances.

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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

Jan 1, 2015

Begins

Jun 19, 2015

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed4,223 affectedView incident

Name: Central Brooklyn Medical Group, PC
norm: central brooklyn medical
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Central Brooklyn Medical Group, PC
norm: central brooklyn medical
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Breach occurred: Jan 1, 2015 – Apr 18, 2015
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 4,223nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Other
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: HHS OCR — OCR obtained assurances that corrective actions were implementedNY State Office for Professional Medical Conduct — physician reported
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Confirmed destruction of PHI in possession of unrelated third party and former medical assistant
Sanctioned the physician
Retrained workforce members on HIPAA compliance including facsimile communication policy
Provided breach notification to HHS and the media
Reported physician to State Office for Professional Medical Conduct
Changes made: Workforce HIPAA compliance retraining including facsimile policy
Destruction of improperly disclosed PHI confirmed with recipient parties
Physician sanctioned
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: Jun 19, 2015
Raw hash: 654ca9f50955dbebf40916a3bb769fb99bc39bd3bf8acb359953659702023355

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Reporting entityCentral Brooklyn Medical Group, PC

Victim entityCentral Brooklyn Medical Group, PC

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseConfirmed destruction of PHI in possession of unrelated third party and former medical assistant

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing