Health Data Breach Tracker/MS

Healthcare Provider · Archived

GULFPORT ANESTHESIA SERVICES, PA

20,000 individuals · submitted March 26, 2019

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Gulfport Anesthesia Services, PA, reported that the Biloxi Police Department notified them that an individual had broken into its storage facility that contained the medical records of 20,000 individuals. The protected health information (PHI) involved included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, clinical information, and financial data. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and local law enforcement. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect its PHI. It also destroyed all paper medical records and has converted to electronic medical records. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
GULFPORT ANESTHESIA SERVICES, PA
State
MS
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
20,000
Submission date
March 26, 2019
Breach type
Theft
Location of information
Other
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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