TEXASPhysicalHealthcareHealthcarePHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighContained

Ernest T. Bice, Jr. DDS, P.A.

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Mar 10, 2010

To disclose

—

Affected

21,000

Confidence

69%

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Ernest T. Bice, Jr. DDS, P.A. reported to HHS on 2010-03-10 a Theft affecting 21000 individuals. Breached information located on Other, Other Portable Electronic Device. Unencrypted external back-up drives and a laptop containing PHI (names, addresses, SSNs, treatment histories) were stolen from a safe. The entity moved data offsite, encrypted workstations, and improved physical safeguards.

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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 10, 2010

Filed

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No filing yet · watching

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Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed21,000 affectedView incident

Name: Ernest T. Bice, Jr. DDS, P.A.
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Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Ernest T. Bice, Jr. DDS, P.A.
norm: ernest t bice jr dds
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 21,000nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Theft
Where the data lived: OtherPortable electronic device
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: OCR's investigation

During the incident: Moved back-up data offsite
Encrypted all workstations
Changes made: Improving their physical safeguards
Retraining employees
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 10, 2010
Raw hash: 4d8369cb46de093d1bc659aa9279517ae92033715be220166eb09ca418655681

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Reporting entityErnest T. Bice, Jr. DDS, P.A.

Victim entityErnest T. Bice, Jr. DDS, P.A.

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseMoved back-up data offsite

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing