OHIOPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighContained

Jeffrey D. Rice, O.D., L.L.C.

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Severity

High

Discovered

Dec 12, 2016

Filed

Feb 2, 2017

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

1,586

Confidence

67%

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Jeffrey D. Rice, O.D., L.L.C. reported to HHS on 2017-02-02 a Theft affecting 1586 individuals. Breached information located on Paper/Films. Seven boxes containing patient PHI (names, addresses, SSNs, medical diagnoses) were stolen from a warehouse on or about December 12, 2016. The PHI was recovered.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS report on time7 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 52 days

Dec 12, 2016

Begins

Dec 12, 2016

Discovered

Feb 2, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1,586 affectedView incident

Name: Jeffrey D. Rice, O.D., L.L.C.
norm: jeffrey d rice od
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Jeffrey D. Rice, O.D., L.L.C.
norm: jeffrey d rice od
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Dec 12, 2016
Breach occurred: Dec 12, 2016
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,586nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Theft
Where the data lived: Paper / films
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Provided breach notification to HHSIn response to OCR’s investigation the CE revised its policies

During the incident: Inventoried the storage unit to note what was missing
Informed the police of the theft
Recovered the stolen PHI
Reviewed the recovered PHI
Moved their offsite PHI to a new location
Provided breach notification to HHS and affected individuals
Changes made: Revised its policies for uses and disclosure of PHI policy and for safeguarding PHI
Trained its staff on these updated policies
Trained an employee to regularly check on the PHI that is stored off site
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(52 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS report on timeHHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Dec 12, 2016
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Dec 12, 2016
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Dec 12, 2016 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Dec 12, 2016 → 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: Feb 2, 2017
Raw hash: adc49661ea8299cf5474c55d9d071839cef64aae5cd09c046ae0da76a7dbab84

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Reporting entityJeffrey D. Rice, O.D., L.L.C.

Victim entityJeffrey D. Rice, O.D., L.L.C.

Incidentdiscovered Dec 12, 2016

Stated responseInventoried the storage unit to note what was missing

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing