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 July 25, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- Austin Pathology, TX
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- July 25, 2019
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13299, row:4438)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Austin Pathology, the covered entity (CE), reported that its business associate was the subject of a data security incident affecting the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 45,429 of its patients. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, credit card and banking information, and dates of treatment. In response to this breach incident, the CE provided notice to OCR, affected individuals, and the media. During the investigation, the CE provided evidence it had a business associate agreement and subsequently, terminated its business relationship.