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 16, 2014.
- Organization as reported
- Bay Area Pain Medical Associates, CA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Theft
- Location of information as reported
- Desktop Computer
- Submission date
- July 16, 2014
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 15040, row:6179)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The offices of the covered entity (CE), Bay Area Pain Management Associates, were broken into and three desktop computers were stolen. One unencrypted document on a stolen computer contained the names, and dates of service of 2,780 individuals. In response to the breach the CE improved physical safeguards by adding a security alarm system, and increasing security features on doors. The CE improved technical safeguards by implementing an encryption file management program. As a result of OCR’s investigation the CE improved its HIPAA practices.