Health Data Breach Tracker/CA

Business Associate · Archived

Discovery Practice Management, Inc.

12,859 individuals · submitted June 5, 2021

About this report

Discovery Practice Management, a business associate (BA), reported that it was the subject of a ransomware attack that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 12,859 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, drivers’ license numbers, medical record numbers, diagnoses, prescription information, and health insurance and financial information. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In its mitigation efforts, the BA implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards and retrained it staff.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Discovery Practice Management, Inc.
State
CA
Entity type
Business Associate
Individuals affected
12,859
Submission date
June 5, 2021
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
Yes
OCR status
Archived

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