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 Feb. 27, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- Fairfield Anesthesia Associates LLC, CT
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Desktop Computer
- Submission date
- Feb. 27, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12981, row:4120)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Fairfield Anesthesia Associates, reported that an employee impermissibly accessed the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 800 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, claims and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. As a result of this breach, the CE implemented additional technical and administrative safeguards and retrained its staff.