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 Aug. 22, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- NorthStar Anesthesia, P.A., TX
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Paper/Films
- Submission date
- Aug. 22, 2019
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13252, row:4391)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), NorthStar Anesthesia, P.A., reported that a subcontractor of its business associate (BA) mailed documents containing protected health information (PHI) to the wrong recipients. This breach affected 19,807 individuals and the PHI involved included names only. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media.