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 Sept. 14, 2011.
- Organization as reported
- John T. Melvin, M.D.& Associates, TX
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Theft
- Location of information as reported
- Paper/Films
- Submission date
- Sept. 14, 2011
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 15783, row:6922)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Medical records were stolen from an off-site storage facility of the covered entity (CE), John T. Melvin & Associates. The protected health information (PHI) involved in the breach included names, dates of birth, social security numbers, claim information, diagnoses/conditions, medications, lab results, and other treatment information for approximately 2,541 individuals. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. As a result of OCR’s investigation the CE changed its policies, so that all records are now kept on-site and all records are immediately shredded once the required retention time has elapsed, according to applicable state law.