HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice
Posted on the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal with a submission date of June 2, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- Allergy & Asthma Medical Group of the Bay Area, Inc., CA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Theft
- Location of information as reported
- Laptop
- Submission date
- June 2, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12857, row:3996)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Allergy & Asthma Medical Group of the Bay Area, Inc., reported that an intruder broke into its office and stole three laptop computers. This breach affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 1,894 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, health insurance information, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In response to the breach, the CE enhanced its physical safeguards, revised its HIPAA security procedures, retrained its workforce members, and implemented additional technical safeguards to better protect its ePHI. OCR provided technical assistance to the CE and obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.