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KENTUCKYPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighResolved

Alexander J. Tikhtman, M.D.

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Oct 12, 2012

To disclose

—

Affected

2,376

Confidence

97%
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The offices of Alexander J. Tikhtman, M.D. (KY) reported to HHS OCR on 2012-10-12 a Theft affecting 2,376 individuals. An unencrypted flash drive containing ePHI — including patient names, treatment and diagnostic information, and in some instances dates of birth and Social Security numbers — was lost and not recovered. The CE notified affected individuals, HHS, and media; established a call center; offered free credit monitoring and identity theft services; and updated its privacy and security policies. OCR obtained assurances of completed corrective action.

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 — partial

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Breach window unknown

Oct 12, 2012

Filed

No interval is drawn: no breach start or discovery date is on record for this filing.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed2,376 affectedView incident

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.