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Breach notice filed by Physician Associates, LLC (July 2018)

Organization named: Physician Associates, LLC Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Unauthorized Access/Disclosure

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 July 3, 2018.

Organization as reported
Physician Associates, LLC, FL
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information as reported
Other
Submission date
July 3, 2018
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13765, row:4904)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

On August 7, 2017, the covered entity (CE), Physicians Associates, discovered that its medicine manufacturer’s (DePuy Synthes Mitek Sports Medicine) website vendor, CoPilot Provider Support Services (CoPilot), experienced a breach in October 2015, when a former CoPilot employee accessed the CE’s patients' protected health information (PHI). This PHI included the names, addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, genders, medical insurance card information, and Social Security numbers of approximately 710 individuals. The CE provided breach notification to HHS and CoPilot provided notification to affected individuals and the media on behalf of the CE. In response to the breach, the CE ceased using CoPilot as a vendor. The CE re-educated its leadership on business associate (BA) agreements. The CE now reviews vendor lists on a monthly basis to ensure that appropriate BA agreements are in place. OCR provided technical assistance to the CE regarding BAs. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed above.

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

Figures, per source

  • 710 individuals affected (total reported), as reported by the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals), source date July 3, 2018, 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 13765)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • Physician Associates, LLC 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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