Healthcare Provider · Archived
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Kaufman
2,157 individuals · submitted October 22, 2019
About this report
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Kaufman, the covered entity (CE), reported that a program coding error within its billing system allowed electronic protected health information (ePHI) to be mismatched with the incorrect account guarantor. This breach affected 2,157 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, health insurance information, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice on its website. In its mitigation efforts, the CE corrected the program coding error and implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to prevent future incidents of this nature.
Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.
- Organization
- Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Kaufman
- State
- TX
- Entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 2,157
- Submission date
- October 22, 2019
- Breach type
- Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information
- Other
- Business associate present
- No
- OCR status
- Archived
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