Health Data Breach Tracker/UT

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Mountain Peaks Family Practice

1,505 individuals · submitted July 20, 2020

About this report

Mountain Peaks Family Practice, the covered entity (CE), reported that a workforce member took a patient list containing the protected health information (PHI) of 1,505 individuals. The PHI involved included names and telephone numbers. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. The information was taken prior to the workforce member moving to a new medical practice. The CE contacted the former workforce member who stated that he would destroy the patient list and cease contacting the CE’s patients. OCR provided technical assistance to the CE regarding the key components of the HIPAA Privacy and Breach Notification Rules.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Mountain Peaks Family Practice
State
UT
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
1,505
Submission date
July 20, 2020
Breach type
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information
Paper/Films
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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