ALABAMAAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareDisposal ErrorBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighResolved

Physicians Apothecary

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Nov 6, 2020

To disclose

—

Affected

2,000

Confidence

68%

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Physicians Apothecary reported to HHS on 2020-11-06 a Improper Disposal affecting 2000 individuals. Breached information located on Paper/Films. A business associate improperly disposed of PHI including names, addresses, DOBs, SSNs, and medical info. CE terminated BA relationship and implemented additional administrative policies.

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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

Nov 6, 2020

Filed

No interval is drawn: no breach start or discovery date is on record for this filing.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed2,000 affectedView incident

Name: Physicians Apothecary
norm: physicians apothecary
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Physicians Apothecary
norm: physicians apothecary
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 2,000nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Improper disposal
Where the data lived: Paper / films
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
MITRE ATT&CK: T1530 Data from Cloud Storage
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: OCR provided technical assistance to the CE and obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted

During the incident: Notified HHS and affected individuals
Terminated its relationship with the BA
Changes made: Implemented additional administrative policies to better protect its PHI
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 6, 2020
Raw hash: 741cfa15b5a28ea5f72b3e1a4fa768681db6803197e3de117d622de611702403

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Reporting entityPhysicians Apothecary

Victim entityPhysicians Apothecary

IncidentMisconfiguration

Stated responseNotified HHS and affected individuals

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing