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Breach notice filed by Penobscot Community Health Center, Inc. (July 2019)

Organization named: Penobscot Community Health Center, Inc. Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Hacking/IT Incident

What the sources say

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 July 12, 2019.

Organization as reported
Penobscot Community Health Center, Inc., ME
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information as reported
Other
Submission date
July 12, 2019
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13331, row:4470)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

Penobscot Community Health Center (PCHC) notified OCR that its business associate, American Medical Collection Agency (AMCA) discovered that an unauthorized individual accessed its web payment portal sometime between August 1, 2018 and March 30, 2019. The breach affected 13,299 individuals. The protected health information (PHI) involved included names, dates of birth, financial information, and clinical information. PCHC notified OCR, affected individuals, and the media. OCR reviewed PCHC’s business associate agreement with AMCA and it was in compliance with the HIPAA Privacy Rule.

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

Figures, per source

  • 13,299 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date July 12, 2019, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

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  • Submission date (HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal)
  • Observed by BreachRecords (revision 13331)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

Archived evidence

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    text/csv, 5,530,996 bytes, retrieved from HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC. Archived privately · Provenance · Source page

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