Health Data Breach Tracker/AL

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Cypress Healthcare, LLC

899 individuals · submitted May 9, 2022

About this report

Cypress Healthcare, the covered entity (CE), reported that a laptop was stolen from an employee’s car. This breach affected the protected health information (PHI) of 899 individuals. The PHI involved included names and dates of birth. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, local law enforcement, and posted substitute notice to its website. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect PHI. OCR provided technical assistance to the CE regarding the HIPAA Breach Notification Rule.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Cypress Healthcare, LLC
State
AL
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
899
Submission date
May 9, 2022
Breach type
Theft
Location of information
Laptop
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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