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 Nov. 8, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- Main Street Clinical Associates, NC
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Laptop, Other Portable Electronic Device, Paper/Films
- Submission date
- Nov. 8, 2019
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13141, row:4280)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Main Street Clinical Associates, the covered entity (CE), reported that an adjacent building suffered a severe gas explosion, causing employees to immediately evacuate the office without the opportunity to secure the medical records in its file room. This breach affected the protected health information (PHI) of 3,031 individuals. In addition, a cell phone, laptops, and a printer were stolen from its office. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, drivers’ license numbers, diagnoses, medications prescribed, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. The CE also offered affected individuals one year of complimentary credit monitoring services. Following the breach, the CE implemented new physical, technical, administrative, and security safeguards to better protect its sensitive data. Staff members were also retrained. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.