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 25, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- Laboratory of Dermatopathology, NY
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- July 25, 2019
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13295, row:4434)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Laboratory of Dermatopathology, the covered entity (CE), reported that its business associate (BA), Retrieval-Masters Creditors Bureau, Inc., doing business as American Medical Collection Agency, was the victim of a cyber-attack involving the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 4,082 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, phone numbers, dates of service, birthdates, clinical information, and financial information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. As a result of OCR’s investigation, the CE implemented additional administrative safeguards to better protect its data. As a consequence of this breach incident, the CE terminated its business relationship with the CE.