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Arthritis & Osteoporosis Consultants of the Carolinas

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Arthritis & Osteoporosis Consultants of the Carolinas (NC) reported to HHS on 2018-11-09 an Improper Disposal breach affecting 3,930 individuals. On September 10, 2018, an employee disposed of PHI in a trash can instead of a shred bin. Exposed information included patients' names, dates of birth, insurance information, treating physicians, infusion drug names (some patients), and Social Security numbers (Medicare patients). Breached information located on Paper/Films. The CE sanctioned and retrained the responsible clerk, added shred bins, and reviewed PHI disposal policies.

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.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed3,930 affectedView incident

Source provenance

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: Nov 9, 2018
Raw hash: 7648faa0280b9f216c71b2d4ab51451a608f8afb4d415a4ac3a7fb00aa7f47f2

Source filing

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Reporting entity

Name: Arthritis & Osteoporosis Consultants of the Carolinas
norm: arthritis osteoporosis consultants of the carolinas
Industry: Health Care Services

Victim entity

Name: Arthritis & Osteoporosis Consultants of the Carolinas
norm: arthritis osteoporosis consultants of the carolinas
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Incident

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 3,930
Data types: IDENTITY_BASICIDENTITY_GOVERNMENTHEALTH_BASICFINANCIAL_ACCOUNT
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: HHS OCR investigation; CE reviewed data retention and destruction policies
Initial access: insider_action

Compliance

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

Extraction provenance

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.