Health Data Breach Tracker/CA

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Miracle-Ear

500 individuals · submitted March 5, 2021

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Miracle-Ear, reported that its facility was burglarized and the protected health information (PHI) of 484 individuals was compromised. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, lab results, medications prescribed, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided complimentary credit monitoring services. A toll-free phone number was established for questions and concerns. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional physical safeguards to better protect its PHI.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Miracle-Ear
State
CA
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
500
Submission date
March 5, 2021
Breach type
Theft
Location of information
Paper/Films
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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