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 13, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- Encompass Family and internal medicine group, CA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Desktop Computer, Electronic Medical Record
- Submission date
- May 13, 2019
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13408, row:4547)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Encompass Family and Internal Medicine Group, the covered entity (CE), reported that one of its providers impermissibly accessed and disclosed the protected health information (PHI) of 507 individuals. The PHI involved included names, gender, phone numbers, addresses, dates of birth, and other demographic information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and local law enforcement. In its mitigation efforts, the CE sanctioned the responsible provider and implemented additional technical safeguards to better protect its PHI. OCR provided the CE with technical assistance regarding the Breach Notification Rule and its obligations to safeguard PHI.