MASSACHUSETTSPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

Adult & Pediatric Dermatology, PC

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Severity

Medium

Financial impact

$150K

Discovered

—

Filed

Oct 7, 2011

To disclose

—

Affected

2,200

Linked

2 records

Confidence

96%

Full breach record for Adult & Pediatric Dermatology, PC →3 incidents on file

Adult & Pediatric Dermatology, PC (APDerm) of Concord, MA reported to HHS OCR on 2011-10-07 a theft affecting 2,200 individuals. An unencrypted thumb drive (other portable electronic device) containing ePHI was stolen from a staff member's vehicle and never recovered. APDerm settled with HHS OCR for $150,000 — the first HITECH Breach Notification Rule settlement — and agreed to a corrective action plan addressing risk analysis, risk management, policies, and workforce training.

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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 — partial

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Breach window unknown

Oct 7, 2011

Filed

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

This filing is one of 2 records about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Enforcement records (1)

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Name: Adult & Pediatric Dermatology, PC
norm: adult pediatric dermatology
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Adult & Pediatric Dermatology, PC
norm: adult pediatric dermatology
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 2,200nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Theft
Where the data lived: OtherPortable electronic device
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: HHS OCR investigation opened following breach report$150,000 settlement with HHS OCR for potential HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification Rule violationsCorrective action plan required: risk analysis, risk management plan, implementation report to OCR

During the incident: Agreed to $150,000 resolution payment to HHS OCR
Required to implement corrective action plan for HIPAA compliance deficiencies
Changes made: Develop risk analysis and risk management plan to address and mitigate security risks and vulnerabilities
Provide implementation report to OCR
Develop written policies and procedures for breach notification
Train workforce members on breach notification requirements
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: Oct 7, 2011
Raw hash: 0b4d2320961df61c340a34a97d1d79e4a739b64be5d4cf82d992be8895258144

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Linked disclosures

Enforcement records (1)

Reporting entityAdult & Pediatric Dermatology, PC

Victim entityAdult & Pediatric Dermatology, PC

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseAgreed to $150,000 resolution payment to HHS OCR

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing