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 March 23, 2016.
- Organization as reported
- Excel Plus Home Health, Incorporated, TX
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Theft
- Location of information as reported
- Desktop Computer
- Submission date
- March 23, 2016
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14577, row:5716)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Excel Plus Home Health, the covered entity (CE), reported that during an office burglary, four computers were stolen. The breach affected 524 individuals. After discovery of the breach, the CE contacted the local police, notified all affected individuals, OCR, and the media. As a result of this incident, the CE implemented additional physical security measures. It also updated its privacy and security policies and procedures and re-trained its workforce members.