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 Dec. 22, 2015.
- Organization as reported
- Oceans Acquisition, Inc., TX
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Theft
- Location of information as reported
- Laptop
- Submission date
- Dec. 22, 2015
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14646, row:5785)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
A laptop computer from the covered entity (CE), Oceans Acquisition, Inc., was stolen from a workforce member’s vehicle. The electronic protected health information (ePHI) on the laptop included patients' first and last names, diagnoses, dates of treatment, dates of birth, insurance providers, and medical record numbers for approximately 659 individuals. Upon discovering the theft, the CE filed a report with the county sheriff's office. Additionally, the CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. The CE also improved safeguards, sanctioned the involved workforce member, and retrained staff. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed above.