DisclosureLens
COLORADOAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareDisposal ErrorBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Financial accountMedium

Family & Cosmetic Dentistry of the Rockies

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 18, 2017

Filed

Nov 13, 2017

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

1,850

Confidence

50%

Family & Cosmetic Dentistry of the Rockies reported that on September 18, 2017, its business associate, a document shredding vendor, failed to properly secure a container of paper records, causing documents to fall out during transport. The records contained clinical, demographic, and financial information for 1,850 individuals. The covered entity suspended its agreement with the business associate and notified affected individuals.

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 / 56 days

Sep 18, 2017

Discovered

Nov 13, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

5 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1,850 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.