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Breach notice filed by North Texas Heart Center, P.A. (November 2016)

Organization named: North Texas Heart Center, P.A. Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Theft

What the sources say

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 Nov. 21, 2016.

Organization as reported
North Texas Heart Center, P.A., TX
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Theft
Location of information as reported
Other Portable Electronic Device
Submission date
Nov. 21, 2016
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14357, row:5496)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

OCR opened an investigation of the covered entity (CE), North Texas Heart Center, after it reported, on behalf of its business associate (BA), Ambucor, that law enforcement discovered mobile computer drives containing the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 4,210 individuals in connection with the activities of a former employee. The ePHI included patients’ names, dates of birth, addresses, social security numbers, laboratory results, and other treatment information. Upon discovering the breach, the BA worked with federal law enforcement to recover the mobile devices. OCR obtained a draft copy of the BA's breach notification to individuals and the media. The BA offered one year of free credit monitoring services to affected individuals. OCR initiated a separate investigation of the BA.

The source's own words, from the revision above.

Figures, per source

  • 4,210 individuals affected (total reported), as reported by the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals), source date Nov. 21, 2016, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

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  • Submission date at the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals)
  • Observed by BreachRecords (revision 14357)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • North Texas Heart Center, P.A. Named as the covered entity Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory Linked 2026-10-19, method provisional.

Archived evidence

  • 3dbc27dd5742e041cc1e7fe18cc669e2901fbd3b86b7007ed27948ff4d406e1f
    text/csv, 5,530,996 bytes, from the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals), retrieved 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC. Archived privately · Provenance · Source page

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