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 May 28, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- New Avenues, Inc., IN
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Improper Disposal
- Location of information as reported
- Paper/Films
- Submission date
- May 28, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12870, row:4009)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), New Avenues, reported that its business associate (BA) improperly disposed of the protected health information (PHI) of 1,000 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, claims and financial information, diagnoses, lab results, and medication information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice on its website. In response to the breach, the CE destroyed the mishandled PHI. The CE has terminated its business relationship with the BA.