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 July 13, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings dba LabCorp, NC
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- July 13, 2019
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13326, row:4465)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings dba LabCorp, reported that its business associate (BA) Retrieval-Masters Creditors Bureau, Inc. – American Medical Collection Agency (AMCA), was the victim of a cyber-attack involving the protected health information (PHI) of 10,251,784 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, phone numbers, health insurance information, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. As a result of this breach, LabCorp terminated its business relationship with AMCA.