Healthcare Provider · Archived
Physicians Apothecary
2,000 individuals · submitted November 6, 2020
About this report
The covered entity (CE), Physicians Apothecary, reported that its business associate (BA) improperly disposed of the protected health information of 2,000 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, drivers’ license and Social Security numbers, health insurance information, and medications prescribed. The CE notified HHS and affected individuals. The BA provided media notice. In its mitigation efforts, the CE terminated its relationship with the BA and implemented additional administrative policies to better protect its PHI. OCR provided technical assistance to the CE and obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.
Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.
- Organization
- Physicians Apothecary
- State
- AL
- Entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 2,000
- Submission date
- November 6, 2020
- Breach type
- Improper Disposal
- Location of information
- Paper/Films
- Business associate present
- No
- OCR status
- Archived
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