OREGONMisuseHealthcareHealthcarePrivilege AbuseTheftCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)HighResolved

Northwest Primary Care Group

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Severity

High

Discovered

Oct 13, 2015

Filed

Dec 11, 2015

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

5,327

Confidence

96%

Full breach record for Northwest Primary Care Group →2 incidents on file

Northwest Primary Care Group (OR) reported to HHS on 2015-12-11 a Theft/insider-misuse incident affecting 5,327 individuals. On October 13, 2015, a former employee impermissibly accessed, downloaded, and printed a 52-page document from a desktop computer containing PHI of 5,327 patients, including names, SSNs, dates of birth, and credit card/bank account information. Breached information was located on a Desktop Computer and Paper/Films. No business associate was involved. The CE offered credit monitoring, implemented technical safeguards, revised HIPAA policies, and retrained staff. OCR confirmed satisfactory corrective actions.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS report on time8 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

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 59 days

Oct 13, 2015

Discovered

Dec 11, 2015

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed5,327 affectedView incident

Name: Northwest Primary Care Group
norm: northwest primary care
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Northwest Primary Care Group
norm: northwest primary care
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Oct 13, 2015
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 5,327nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)
HHS breach type: Theft
Where the data lived: Desktop computerPaper / films
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical MediumT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: HHS OCR notified per Breach Notification Rule; OCR obtained satisfactory assurances that corrective actions were implemented
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media pursuant to the Breach Notification Rule
Offered one year of free credit monitoring to all affected individuals
Implemented technical safeguards
Revised HIPAA policies and procedures
Retrained workforce members
Changes made: Technical safeguards implemented
HIPAA policies and procedures revised
Workforce retraining conducted
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(59 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: Oct 13, 2015
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Oct 13, 2015
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Oct 13, 2015 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Oct 13, 2015 → 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: Dec 11, 2015
Raw hash: 20c7beae111fd54462a09dbc20e67253c6f610135d693d3ae57aaf207e31a3c3

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Reporting entityNorthwest Primary Care Group

Victim entityNorthwest Primary Care Group

Incidentdiscovered Oct 13, 2015

Stated responseNotified HHS, affected individuals, and the media pursuant to the Breach Notification Rule

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing