HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice
Posted on the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) with a submission date of April 12, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- Mid-Cities Home Medical Delivery Service, LLC, TX
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Loss
- Location of information as reported
- Paper/Films
- Submission date
- April 12, 2019
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13460, row:4599)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Mid-Cities Home Medical Delivery Services, LLC, reported that a binder containing protected health information (PHI) flew out of an employee’s vehicle while driving. The breach affected approximately 4,000 patients. The PHI involved included names, addresses, phone numbers, identification numbers, diagnoses, and conditions. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. Substitute notice was also provided. Following this incident, the CE discontinued the use of binders and revised its policies and procedures to more effectively safeguard PHI. The CE trained workforce members on its revised policies. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted above.