VIRGINIAPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareLossCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

NOVA Chiropractic & Rehab Center

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Mar 27, 2014

To disclose

—

Affected

5,534

Confidence

97%

Full breach record for NOVA Chiropractic & Rehab Center →

NOVA Chiropractic & Rehabilitation Center (VA) reported to HHS on 2014-03-27 a loss incident affecting 5,534 individuals. The CE misplaced a mobile device (other portable electronic device) within its office containing ePHI including names, dates of birth, and addresses. No evidence of misuse outside the office was found. OCR investigation led to thumb drive encryption, new security alarm installation, updated PHI removal policy, and execution of BAAs for email and cloud providers.

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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

Mar 27, 2014

Filed

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No filing yet · watching

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed5,534 affectedView incident

Name: NOVA Chiropractic & Rehab Center
norm: nova chiropractic rehab center
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: NOVA Chiropractic & Rehab Center
norm: nova chiropractic rehab center
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 5,534nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: LossOther
Where the data lived: Portable electronic device
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: HHS OCR investigation; OCR obtained assurances that the CE has executed business associate agreements for its email and cloud system providers.

During the incident: Provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Posted substitute notice on website
Cleared and encrypted thumb drives containing ePHI
Improved physical safeguards by installing a new security alarm system
Updated policy for removal of PHI from the office
Executed business associate agreements for email and cloud system providers
Changes made: Encrypted thumb drives containing ePHI
Installed new security alarm system
Updated PHI removal policy
Executed BAAs with email and cloud providers
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: Mar 27, 2014
Raw hash: 8cca42e7a0e1fd2781502360c2daea0b862d9a3a3fd5d07b2accc2babd41c293

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Reporting entityNOVA Chiropractic & Rehab Center

Victim entityNOVA Chiropractic & Rehab Center

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseProvided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing