Health Data Breach Tracker/ME

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Penobscot Community Health Center, Inc.

13,299 individuals · submitted July 12, 2019

About this report

Penobscot Community Health Center (PCHC) notified OCR that its business associate, American Medical Collection Agency (AMCA) discovered that an unauthorized individual accessed its web payment portal sometime between August 1, 2018 and March 30, 2019. The breach affected 13,299 individuals. The protected health information (PHI) involved included names, dates of birth, financial information, and clinical information. PCHC notified OCR, affected individuals, and the media. OCR reviewed PCHC’s business associate agreement with AMCA and it was in compliance with the HIPAA Privacy Rule.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Penobscot Community Health Center, Inc.
State
ME
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
13,299
Submission date
July 12, 2019
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Other
Business associate present
Yes
OCR status
Archived

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