Health Data Breach Tracker/AZ

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Bloom Physical Therapy, LLC dba Physicians Physical Therapy Service

500 individuals · submitted February 9, 2017

About this report

On February 1, 2017, the covered entity (CE), Bloom Physical Therapy, LLC dba Physicians Physical Therapy Service, erroneously sent an email regarding a change in ownership to past and current clients so that email addresses in the mailing were visible to all recipients. The email was sent to approximately 500 individuals and may have contained names as a portion of some email addresses. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. The CE revised its policies and procedures and retrained staff. OCR provided substantial technical assistance to the CE and obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted above.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Bloom Physical Therapy, LLC dba Physicians Physical Therapy Service
State
AZ
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
500
Submission date
February 9, 2017
Breach type
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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