Healthcare Provider · Archived
Mountain Area Health Education Center dba MAHEC
1,115 individuals · submitted April 14, 2022
About this report
The covered entity (CE), Mountain Area Health Education Center dba MAHEC, reported that an employee placed documents containing the protected health information (PHI) of 1,115 individuals in an unsecured recycling bin. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and health insurance information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE sanctioned the responsible employees and retrained all staff on the proper disposal methods for PHI.
Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.
- Organization
- Mountain Area Health Education Center dba MAHEC
- State
- NC
- Entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 1,115
- Submission date
- April 14, 2022
- Breach type
- Improper Disposal
- Location of information
- Paper/Films
- Business associate present
- No
- OCR status
- Archived
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