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 Dec. 8, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- Family Care Medical Specialists Group, Inc., CA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Paper/Films
- Submission date
- Dec. 8, 2019
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13099, row:4238)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Family Care Specialists Medical Group, reported that employees mailed protected health information (PHI) to the wrong addresses. This breach affected 2,490 individuals and the PHI involved included names and addresses. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative safeguards to better protect its PHI.