NORTH CAROLINAAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareDisposal ErrorCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial accountHighResolved

Arthritis & Osteoporosis Consultants of the Carolinas

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Nov 9, 2018

To disclose

—

Affected

3,930

Confidence

99%

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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.

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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

Sep 10, 2018

Begins

Nov 9, 2018

Filed

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

Name: Arthritis & Osteoporosis Consultants of the Carolinas
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Industry: Health Care Services

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

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Breach occurred: Sep 10, 2018
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 3,930nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial account
HHS breach type: Improper disposal
Where the data lived: Paper / films
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: HHS OCR investigation; CE reviewed data retention and destruction policies
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Provided additional shred bins throughout the office
Briefed all employees on the incident and best practices for PHI handling and disposal
Applied sanctions and retraining for the responsible clerk
Reviewed data retention and destruction policies
Notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Changes made: Additional shred bins deployed
Employee retraining and sanctions
Policy review of data retention and destruction
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: Nov 9, 2018
Raw hash: 7648faa0280b9f216c71b2d4ab51451a608f8afb4d415a4ac3a7fb00aa7f47f2

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Reporting entityArthritis & Osteoporosis Consultants of the Carolinas

Victim entityArthritis & Osteoporosis Consultants of the Carolinas

IncidentMisconfiguration

Stated responseProvided additional shred bins throughout the office

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing