Health Data Breach Tracker/NY

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Pollack, Barbaccia, & Guzman MD PC

1,135 individuals · submitted September 18, 2020

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Pollack, Barbaccia, & Guzman, MD, reported that its storage unit was burglarized and several boxes of medical records were stolen. This incident affected the protected health information (PHI) of 1,135 individuals and included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, drivers’ license numbers, financial information, diagnoses, medications prescribed, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, security, and physical safeguards to better protect its PHI.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Pollack, Barbaccia, & Guzman MD PC
State
NY
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
1,135
Submission date
September 18, 2020
Breach type
Theft
Location of information
Paper/Films
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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