Health Data Breach Tracker/NY

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Laboratory of Dermatopathology

4,082 individuals · submitted July 25, 2019

About this report

Laboratory of Dermatopathology, the covered entity (CE), reported that its business associate (BA), Retrieval-Masters Creditors Bureau, Inc., doing business as American Medical Collection Agency, was the victim of a cyber-attack involving the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 4,082 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, phone numbers, dates of service, birthdates, clinical information, and financial information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. As a result of OCR’s investigation, the CE implemented additional administrative safeguards to better protect its data. As a consequence of this breach incident, the CE terminated its business relationship with the CE.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Laboratory of Dermatopathology
State
NY
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
4,082
Submission date
July 25, 2019
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Network Server
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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