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 June 9, 2015.
- Organization as reported
- Keystone Pharmacy, Inc., MD
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Other, Paper/Films
- Submission date
- June 9, 2015
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14779, row:5918)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
On April 27, 2015, rioting broke out in Baltimore, MD and the covered entity (CE), Keystone Pharmacy, was broken into, vandalized and looted. Multiple prescriptions and stock bottles of narcotics were taken. About 150 prescription bags containing patient names and the medications were stolen. The types of protected health information (PHI) contained on the prescriptions included names, addresses, and prescription information. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media, and offered credit monitoring. The location was immediately secured. The CE installed a new front door and upgraded the security system. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed.