FLORIDAMisuseHealthcareHealthcarePrivilege AbuseData MishandlingCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Financial accountMediumResolved

Rotech Healthcare Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Oct 29, 2013

To disclose

—

Affected

10,680

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

96%

Full breach record for Rotech Healthcare Inc. →2 incidents on file

Rotech Healthcare Inc. (FL) reported to HHS on 2013-10-29 an Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 10,680 individuals. A former employee removed and retained electronic files from a company laptop, some containing PHI of employees covered by the entity's group health plan. Demographic, clinical, and financial information was exposed. OCR obtained assurances of completed corrective actions including USB port disablement, laptop encryption, HIPAA gap analysis, and employee retraining.

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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

Oct 29, 2013

Filed

—

Corroborated · see linked filings

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

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_c52f1acfc74f2a562013-10-28 · +1dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_e8d905152aabad3d2013-10-24 · +5dVerified

Name: Rotech Healthcare Inc.
norm: rotech healthcare
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Rotech Healthcare Inc.
norm: rotech healthcare
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 10,680nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)Financial account
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Laptop
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical MediumT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: HHS OCR — corrective action assurances obtained
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Updated policies and procedures for downloading information from company-issued computers to external devices
Updated retrieval procedures for company-issued removable media from departing employees
Updated procedures for destruction of PHI and ePHI
Disabled USB ports on most computers
Encrypted all company laptops
Conducted HIPAA gap analysis and implemented periodic review process
Updated and secured data backup methods
Engaged outside experts to review and enhance HIPAA training
Retrained employees on HIPAA requirements
Changes made: USB port disablement on most computers
Full-disk encryption deployed to all company laptops
HIPAA gap analysis completed with periodic follow-on process
Improved data backup security
Third-party HIPAA training review and employee retraining
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.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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New Hampshire State AGOct 24 · first

Massachusetts State AG+4d

HHS OCR+5d · this page

Pattern: first filing Oct 24 (NH), last Oct 29 (FL) — a 5-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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: Oct 29, 2013
Raw hash: daabc7a6a4ef1e867db89b165a0347aa9775662858b3a421bd39e72cc6b19b1c

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityRotech Healthcare Inc.

Victim entityRotech Healthcare Inc.

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseUpdated policies and procedures for downloading information from company-issued computers to external devices

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing