MASSACHUSETTSAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

Alere Toxicology

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Nov 28, 2017

To disclose

—

Affected

2,146

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Alere Toxicology →

Alere Toxicology reported to HHS on 2017-11-28 a Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 2146 individuals. Breached information located on Paper/Films. The incident involved an employee error where clear envelope address windows displayed patients' PHI during mailings to health insurers between July 13, 2017 and October 1, 2017.

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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

Jul 13, 2017

Begins

Nov 28, 2017

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed2,146 affectedView incident

Name: Alere Toxicology
norm: alere toxicology
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Alere Toxicology
norm: alere toxicology
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Breach occurred: Jul 13, 2017 – Oct 1, 2017
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 2,146nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Paper / films
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: Provided breach notification to HHSOCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective action steps

During the incident: Provided breach notification to HHS and the affected individuals
Provided credit monitoring
Placed a 90 day fraud alert on individuals’ credit files
Stopped using envelopes with clear windows for processing claims
Implemented new quality controls for mailings
Retrained employees at the facility
Changes made: Stopped using envelopes with clear windows for processing claims
Implemented new quality controls for mailings
Retrained employees at the facility
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: Nov 28, 2017
Raw hash: 6877ec4c51d5a3dbc25bb23b994038e1cef4f32a9c2631bb2e1362799e01a3ac

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Reporting entityAlere Toxicology

Victim entityAlere Toxicology

IncidentMisconfiguration

Stated responseProvided breach notification to HHS and the affected individuals

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing