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Breach notice filed by High Plains Surgical Associates (January 2018)

Organization named: High Plains Surgical Associates Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Unauthorized Access/Disclosure

What the sources say

HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice

Posted on the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) with a submission date of Jan. 15, 2018.

Organization as reported
High Plains Surgical Associates, WY
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information as reported
Paper/Films
Submission date
Jan. 15, 2018
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13941, row:5080)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

On October 31, 2017, the covered entity (CE), High Plains Surgical Associates, discovered that its former business associate (BA) mistakenly mailed its medical billing records to other health care providers in the same geographical area. Additionally, the former BA sent other providers’ medical billing records to the CE. The breach reportedly affected over 500 individuals, and the protected health information (PHI) impermissibly disclosed included names, addresses, social security numbers, and clinical information. The CE provided breach notification to affected individuals, the media, and HHS. OCR verified that the CE had compliant BA agreements in place that restrict the BA’s use and disclosure of PHI and require the BA to safeguard all PHI. OCR provided technical assistance regarding reasonable safeguards, disclosures to BAs, BA agreements, reportable breach risk assessments, and its additional obligations under the Breach Notification Rule.

The source's own words, from the revision above.

Figures, per source

  • 607 individuals affected (total reported), as reported by the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals), source date Jan. 15, 2018, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

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  • Submission date at the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals)
  • Observed by BreachRecords (revision 13941)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • High Plains Surgical Associates Named as the covered entity Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory Linked 2026-10-19, method provisional.

Archived evidence

  • 3dbc27dd5742e041cc1e7fe18cc669e2901fbd3b86b7007ed27948ff4d406e1f
    text/csv, 5,530,996 bytes, from the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals), retrieved 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC. Archived privately · Provenance · Source page

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