TEXASAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

Premier Specialties, Incorporated

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Jan 14, 2019

To disclose

—

Affected

1,300

Confidence

97%

Full breach record for Premier Specialties, Incorporated →2 incidents on file

Premier Specialties, Inc. (TX, Healthcare Provider) reported to HHS OCR on 2019-01-14 an Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 1,300 individuals (1,379 per CE's own count). Paper PHI was compromised when a box opened while in transit. Exposed information included names, addresses, dates of birth, clinical information, medications prescribed, and other treatment information. The CE notified affected individuals, the media, and OCR. Corrective actions included stricter shipping guidelines and workforce re-training. OCR obtained assurances of completed corrective actions.

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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

Jan 14, 2019

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.Confirmed1,300 affectedView incident

Name: Premier Specialties, Incorporated
norm: premier specialties
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Premier Specialties, Incorporated
norm: premier specialties
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,300nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Paper / films
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Regulator citations: Notified OCROCR obtained assurances of corrective actions

During the incident: Notified all affected individuals
Notified the media
Modified record management policies and procedures to implement stricter shipping guidelines
Re-trained workforce members on modified policies and procedures
Changes made: Stricter shipping guidelines implemented
Workforce re-training on updated record management policies
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: Jan 14, 2019
Raw hash: e8793ecbe9d60fd6251895eed9c974617c4d5feb530043db433303bdf43a0a36

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Reporting entityPremier Specialties, Incorporated

Victim entityPremier Specialties, Incorporated

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified all affected individuals

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing