Health Data Breach Tracker/TX

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Michael Amaro, MD, PA

500 individuals · submitted August 8, 2019

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Michael Amaro, MD, PA, reported that an employee(s) diverted funds using the protected health information of 85 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, birthdates, claims information, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and local law enforcement. In its mitigation efforts, the CE sanctioned the involved employee(s) and implemented additional administrative safeguards to prevent future incidents of this nature. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Michael Amaro, MD, PA
State
TX
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
500
Submission date
August 8, 2019
Breach type
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information
Electronic Medical Record, Other, Paper/Films
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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