HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice
Posted on the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal with a submission date of Sept. 25, 2014.
- Organization as reported
- Owensboro Medical Practice, PLLC, KY
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Other Portable Electronic Device
- Submission date
- Sept. 25, 2014
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14974, row:6113)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Owensboro Medical Practice, PLLC, reported that three employees of its business associate (BA) took a spreadsheet containing the protected health information (PHI) of 4,077 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. Following the breach, the CE and BA implemented additional administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to better protect sensitive data. All employees were retrained. OCR obtained assurances that the CE and BA implemented the corrective actions noted.