Regulator-posted notice

Breach notice filed by Gulf Coast Health Care Services Inc (October 2012)

Organization named: Gulf Coast Health Care Services Inc Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Hacking/IT Incident, Theft, Unauthorized Access/Disclosure

What the sources say

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 Oct. 15, 2012.

Organization as reported: Gulf Coast Health Care Services Inc, FL
Entity type as reported: Healthcare Provider
Category as reported: Hacking/IT Incident, Theft, Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information as reported: Network Server
Submission date: Oct. 15, 2012
Observed by BreachRecords: 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 15560, row:6699)
Archived copy: Held in the private archive (provenance)

Two former employees of the covered entity (CE) took a list of patient information to a competitor’s office. The list contained the names, dates of birth, addresses and phone numbers of 13,000 patients—every active and inactive patient treated by the CE. The CE ceased operations on October 31, 2013, and eventually filed for voluntary dissolution with the Florida Secretary of State effective July 27, 2015. OCR obtained assurances that the CE is no longer in business.
The source's own words, from the revision above.

Figures, per source

13,000 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date Oct. 15, 2012, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

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2012-10-15Submission date (HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal)
2026-10-18Observed by BreachRecords (revision 15560)
2026-10-19Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

Gulf Coast Health Care Services Inc Named as the covered entity Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory Linked 2026-10-19, method provisional.

Archived evidence

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text/csv, 5,530,996 bytes, retrieved from HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC. Archived privately · Provenance · Source page

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