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Four Star Drug of Bethany, Inc.

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Full breach record for Four Star Drug of Bethany, Inc. →

On August 30, 2016, Four Star Drug of Bethany, Inc. (a Nebraska pharmacy) discovered it had left boxes containing PHI outdoors in an unprotected area; a garbage truck retrieved and transported the boxes to a recycling plant. The breach affected 647 individuals and exposed names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, clinical/demographic information, claims data, and medication records. The pharmacy department had been sold and closed on May 24, 2016. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media, and updated its HIPAA disposal policies. OCR obtained documented assurances of corrective action.

HIPAA clock✓ HHS notified7 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed647 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: Oct 18, 2016
Raw hash: 596093ba5df520a621485b86aa0671f844f8ec4d74a417458016b455110db24f

Source filing

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Reporting entity

Name: Four Star Drug of Bethany, Inc.
norm: four star drug of bethany
Industry: Health Care Services

Victim entity

Name: Four Star Drug of Bethany, Inc.
norm: four star drug of bethany
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource defaultRetail & Consumerllm

Incident

Discovered: Aug 30, 2016
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 647
Data types: IDENTITY_BASICIDENTITY_GOVERNMENTHEALTH_BASICFINANCIAL_ACCOUNT
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: HHS OCR notified; OCR obtained documented assurances of corrective actions

Compliance

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(49 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Aug 30, 2016
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Aug 30, 2016 → Notified: not extracted	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Extraction provenance

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.