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 May 28, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- Allied Physicians of Michiana, LLC, IN
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Improper Disposal
- Location of information as reported
- Paper/Films
- Submission date
- May 28, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12868, row:4007)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Allied Physicians of Michiana, LLC, reported that its former business associate (BA) improperly disposed of documents that contained the protected health information (PHI) of 976 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, health insurance information, diagnoses, lab results, medications prescribed, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice on its website. The CE also provided complimentary credit monitoring services. In response to the breach the CE destroyed the mishandled PHI and revised its administrative safeguards to better protect its PHI.