CONNECTICUTPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHigh

Praxair Healthcare Services Inc.

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Apr 19, 2010

To disclose

—

Affected

54,165

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

50%

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Praxair Healthcare Services, Inc. reported to HHS on 2010-04-19 a theft affecting 54,165 individuals. A laptop computer containing patient names, addresses, phone numbers, social security numbers, insurance information, and medical diagnostic codes was stolen from its office by a former employee. In response, the company notified affected individuals, completed a laptop encryption project, and reinforced HIPAA training for employees following an OCR investigation.

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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

Apr 19, 2010

Filed

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

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_212a5fce9af8454e2010-04-20 · +1dVerified

Name: Praxair Healthcare Services Inc.
norm: praxair healthcare
Domain: praxair.com
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Praxair Healthcare Services Inc.
norm: praxair healthcare
Domain: praxair.com
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 54,165nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
HHS breach type: Theft
Where the data lived: Laptop
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: Notified HHSOCR investigation

During the incident: Notified all affected individuals
Notified the media
Changes made: Completed laptop encryption project to cover all PHI stored on computers in the office.
Reinforced the requirements of HIPAA to its employees.
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.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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HHS OCRApr 19 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+1d

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: Apr 19, 2010
Raw hash: 4718ed731c98f607a30b61307fb5e0c9936fb46806288b88fc0c0c60f93351ec

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPraxair Healthcare Services Inc.

Victim entityPraxair Healthcare Services Inc.

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified all affected individuals

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing